
Book - V V" 



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GENERAL LAWS 



OF THE 



State of Vermont 



RELATING TO 



Public Instruction 




Published by Authority. 



Compiled by 
JOHN G. SARGENT, Attorney General 
and 
MASON S. STONE, Superintendent of Education. 



MONTPELIER, VT.: 
The Capital City Press, Printers. 



GENERAL LAWS 



OF THE 



State of Vermont 



hi 



RELATING TO 



Public Instruction 




Published by Authority. 







Compiled by 


JOHN 


G. 


SARGENT, Attorney General 
and 


MASON S. 


STONE, Superintendent of Education. 



MONTPELIEE, VT.: 

The Capital City Press, Printers. 

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No 469.— JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING TO COMPILA- 
TION OF SCHOOL LAWS. 

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives: 

That the attorney general and superintendent of education 
are hereby authorized and instructed to compile the school laws 
of the state, including the acts of 1908 and 1910, to procure three 
thousand copies to be printed at the expense of the state, which 
copies shall be delivered to the superintendent of education for 
distribution to school officials. 

LEIGHTON P. SLACK, 

President of the Senate. 

FRANK E. HOWE, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Approved December 10, 1910. 
JOHN A. MEAD, 

Governor. 



PART 1. 



GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

Chapter 40. — Superintendent of education and educational 

meetings. 
Chapter 41. — Town superintendents. 

Chapter 42. — Superintendent of schools for two or more towns. 
Chapter 43. — Normal schools. 
Chapter 44. — Teachers' certificates and permits. 
Chapter 45. — Town system. 
Chapter 46. — Instruction for elementary pupils. 
Chapter 47. — Instruction for advanced pupils. 
Chapter 48. — School year and time allowed teachers. 
Chapter 49. — School age and attendance. 
Chapter 50. — Employment of child labor. 
Chapter 51. — Registers and returns. 
Chapter 52. — School taxes and school moneys. 
Chapter 53. — Text-books and supplies. 
Chapter 54. — Taking land for school purposes. 



CHAPTER 40. 

SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL 

MEETINGS. 

Superintendent of Education. 

, . , V.S.§§595,596. 

Sec. 914. Election; duties; vacancy, etc. The general assem-^ 88 ^N°-^ l^- 3 - 
bly shall elect at each biennial session a superintendent of educa-i§Zf£°-2 3 '§§i' 2 ' 

. . 1874, No. 36, § 4. 

tion, who shall have general supervision of the public schools and if^'wo 21' § 6 ' 
devote his whole time to the duties of his office. A vacancv inS^AV 2 ?. §§ 1.3. 

J 1856, .No. 5, §§1, 3 9 

such office shall be filled by the governor. Said superintendent H^, No. 14, §2. 

1845, JNo. 37, §§3, 7. 

shall have an office in the state house. i§33, No. 19, § 1. 

1827, No. 23, § 16. 



6 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

Summer Schools. 

1902, No. 29, § i. Sec. 917. When held; expense. Said superintendent may 

1894, No. 34. arrange for and conduct a summer school for teachers, the expense 

1908, No. 37, §6. ^ w hich to the state shall not exceed twenty-five dollars a day, for 
not more than ten days in each county; and said superintendent 
may, in his discretion, unite and hold in some convenient location 
a summer school for two or more counties ; but the entire expense 
to the state of such school shall not exceed the expense of two 
schools as herein provided. 

Educational Meetings. 

r. 1906, § 835. Sec. 918. Superintendent may hold; expense. Said superin- 

1902,' No! it', § I' tendent may hold educational meetings in different towns in each 
i88 S 8, No°9,' § 9. county and employ competent assistants; the expense per day shall 
1908, No. 37, § 7. ^ exceed thirty dollars and the entire expense to the state for 
such meetings in a county for a year shall not exceed the allowance 
for a summer school, such expense to be allowed said superintend- 
ent in the settlement of his account. 

' State Teachers' Association. 

1902, No. 28, §§ 1,2. Sec. 919. Appropriation. For the purpose of securing speak- 
ers for the annual meeting of the state teachers' association held 
in accordance with the aim and purpose of institutes and summer 
schools, or for publishing addresses and papers under the direction 
of the superintendent of education, the sum of not more than 
two hundred dollars is annually appropriated. The auditor 
of accounts shall draw an order for such sums and at such times 
as said superintendent may require to carry out the provisions 
of this section. 

Reports. 

v.s. § 603. Sec. 920. Superintendent to make. Said superintendent shall 

r 88 l.' §* 456. § 10 present to the general assembly, on the first day of each biennial 
g^s.m?'^,^ 7 ' session, a report of his official acts for the preceding two years 
llie.No^lpfb. and a statement of the condition of schools and the expenditure 

of school money, with such suggestions for the improvement 

of schools as he deems proper. 

Circulars. 

1902, No. 22, § i. Sec. 921. Superintendent to issue. Said superintendent may 

1900, No. 16, §§1.2. r * J 

annually issue and distribute among school officers and teachers, 
circulars of educational information at the expense of the state, 
the cost of printing the same not to exceed four hundred dollars. 



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The auditor of accounts shall draw orders for such sums and at 
such times as said superintendent may require to carry out the 
provisions of this section. 

Courses of Study. 

Sec. 923. Superintendent to prepare and issue. Said ^pe^^H«w/<MW 

intendent may, when necessary, prepare and issue a course ofis94,No.30,§§ '1,2,3. 
study for use in the elementary schools as a requisite for admis- 
sion to high schools and academies, and shall distribute one copy 
of such course to each teacher of the public schools and two copies 
to each school officer. 

Sec. 924. Expense of printing. The course of study pro-R- i9C«y g 842. 
vided in the preceding section and the course of study for highi894,No.30,§ 2. 
schools to be prepared by said superintendent shall be printed 
at the expense of the state. 

CHAPTER 41. 

TOWN SUPERINTENDENTS. 

Sec. 931. Appointment. The board of school directors shall igg*. No. 34, | 1. 

annually, on or before the third day of July, appoint a townee! No^ 19,' § 1. 
superintendent of schools, fix his compensation and, within fivei892.N0.2cu 12. 
days thereafter, file for record a certificate of such appointmentiss^No.'ioy. ^ 
in the town clerk's office. r. l. §§ 458, 2658, 4540. 55 vt. 61. 

Sec. 932. Removal; vacancy. The board of school toc-J^w;^ § 609. 
tors may remove a town superintendent from office, if, in its 
judgment, he is unfit for the duties required of him; and said 
board may fill any vacancy. 

Sec. 933. Term of office. The term of office of a town super- v. s. § 617. 
intendent shall begin on the day of his appointment and continueG." s. - 22, § 9. 
for the school year and until a successor is appointed. 1858, No. 1, §' 1. 

1833, No. 19, § 1. 1827, No. 23, § 3. 1910, No. 65, § 2. 1845, No. 37, § 1. 

Sec 934. Duties. Said superintendent shall visit the schools v .s. § 618. 

, i , i rx -c 4.U U v ,jl892,No.21,§ 25. 

of the town at least once each term, and oftener it trie board R . L . § 459. 
of school directors so directs, note the method of instruction^, No. 37, § 4. 
and government, inform himself of the progress of the pupils, i 82 8', No. 17, § 2. 

fe ' 1 . . 1827, No. 23, § 3. 

and give necessary advice to teachers. 

Sec. 935. Same. Said superintendent shall, on visiting a s^ 001 ^!^ 1 ?,^ § 2(L 
observe the condition of the school house, outbuildings and grounds, 
ascertain if such school is properly supplied with maps, reference 
books and apparatus, and its pupils with necessary text-books, 
and make such recommendations to the board of school directors 
as to the condition and needs of the school as he deems necessary. 

Sec. 936. Removal of teachers. Said superintendent may vs. ya 1. ^ 
dismiss a teacher who, in his judgment, is incompetent or unfi^ 88 ®; § § 49 7 ;498. 
for the position; and such dismissal shall be given to the teacher 



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in writing, who shall receive pay pro rata to the time of his dis- 
missal, 
v. s. § 620. Sec. 937. Report. Said superintendent shall submit to the 

1886', No. 3i', § i. board of school directors, on or before June thirtieth of each year, 
?9io", No 4 ^', § 3. a written report of his doings, with such suggestions as he deems 
necessary, and such report may be printed by the school board 
at the expense of the town. 

CHAPTER 42. 
UNION SUPERINTENDENTS. 

1906, No. 45, § i. Sec. 938. Union of towns, how formed. A town having 

twenty-five and less than thirty schools may, and a town having 
thirty or more public schools shall employ a superintendent 
who shall give his entire time to the supervision of schools, except 
as hereinafter provided for part time supervision, and a town so 
employing a superintendent may individually be considered a 
union if the school board so elects. An incorporated school 
district shall be considered a town for the purposes of this chapter. 
Two or more neighboring towns having an aggregate of not more 
than fifty nor less than twenty-five legal schools may, by vote 
of the school directors of the several towns, unite to form a union for 
the purpose of employing a superintendent of schools under this 
chapter. 

1906, No. 45, §§ i,2. Sec. 939. Joint committee, how formed. The number of 
school directors acting for a town forming a union shall not exceed 
three when such union consists of two or more towns; and the 
directors of the towns forming a union shall form a joint committee; 
and, for the purposes of this chapter, said committee shall be held 
to be the agent of each town forming the union. 

1906, No. 45, §§2, 5. Sec 940. Toint committee; organization; duties; appointment 

.1910, No. 59, § A 3. " . / ± „ . . ' ° , ,, , , , , 

of superintendent. Said committee shall meet on a day and at a 
place agreed upon by the chairman of the boards of school directors 
of the several towns forming the union, and shall organize by the 
choice of a chairman and a secretary, who shall serve until their 
successors are elected. Said committee shall meet annually 
on the first Tuesday in April for the transaction of such business 
as may properly come before it. Said committee may adopt 
such by-laws governing the time and place of meeting and the 
order of business, as it deems advisable, provided such by-laws are 
not inconsistent with this chapter and the laws of the state. Said 
committee shall elect a superintendent of schools, who shall serve 
for one year ending June thirtieth, and until his successor is elected; 
and it shall determine the amount of service to be performed by 
said superintendent, which service shall be based upon the number 
of legal schools maintained in each town, and shall fix the salary 
and apportion the amount thereof to be paid by the several towns 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

forming the union according to their respective grand lists, and 
shall certify such amount to the treasurer of each town. Towns 
forming such a union shall have no other superintendent of schools. 
When such a union is effected it shall not be dissolved because 
the number of its schools falls below twenty-five, nor for a period 
of three years from the date of its formation, except by a two-thirds 
vote of all the school directors forming the union ; and shall not be 
dissolved at the expiration of three years except by a majority 
vote of all such school directors. 
Sec. 941. Apportionment of funds to towns forming union. i906, No. 45, § 3. 

iTTi .ii- 1 , n ., 1908, No. 36, § 2. 

Whenever the chairman and secretary of said committee certify, 
under oath, to the state treasurer that a union has been effected 
as provided in this chapter, and that the towns unitedly have 
raised by taxation, appropriated and paid in any one year a sum 
not less than twelve hundred fifty dollars as the salary for a super- 
intendent of schools, and that, under the provisions of this chapter, 
a superintendent has been employed for one year, the state treas- 
urer shall apportion the sum of one thousand dollars among the 
several towns forming the union according to their respective 
grand lists, and shall pay the sums so apportioned upon the appro- 
val of the superintendent of education to the several treasurers 
of such towns. When said chairman and secretary certify, under 
oath, the actual salary paid said superintendent, the state treas- 
urer, in addition to the one thousand dollars hereinbefore provided 
for and apportioned among the several towns forming a union, 
shall also apportion among such towns, and in like manner, one- 
half of the amount of said superintendent's salary above twelve 
hundred dollars and not exceeding eighteen hundred dollars, such 
additional apportionment to any one union not to exceed three 
hundred dollars. Said treasurers shall place such sums to the 
credit of the school funds of their respective towns. If the super- 
intendent of a town, which individually constitutes a union, spends 
any part of his time in teaching, such town shall receive from the 
state such portion of one thousand dollars as the time spent by 
him as superintendent bears to his whole time; but such sum so 
paid by the state shall in no case exceed five hundred dollars. 

Sec. 942. Directors to draw orders. The school directors 1906, No. 45, §14. 
of the several towns forming a union shall draw orders on the 
school funds of such towns for such sums as may be necessary to 
carry out the provisions of this chapter. 

Sec. 943. Superintendent; qualifications; duties. A superin-i906.No.45, §§3,5. 
tendent elected under the provisions of this chapter may be re- 
moved for such cause as a majority of said joint committee, with 
the approval of the superintendent of education, deem sufficient. 
Said superintendent shall devote his entire time to the super- 
vision of schools, shall be a holder of, or shall have held, a first 
grade certificate or its equivalent, shall have taught at least fifty 
weeks, and shall be a resident of one of the towns forming a union, 



10 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

or become a resident before entering upon his duties. Said super- 
intendent shall conduct, under the direction of the superintendent 
of education, examinations of applicants for teachers' certificates, 
shall rate the applicants in such matters and subjects and shall 
make such returns as may be designated by said superintendent 
of education. Said superintendent shall meet with the superin- 
tendent of education at least once a year, when notified by him, 
for the purpose of considering matters pertaining to his duties and 
to the general educational interests and policy of the state, 
shall make such statistical returns to said superintendent of edu- 
cation as may be required by him, and shall annually, on or before 
the fifteenth day of February, submit a written report of his 
official doings to the boards of school directors of the several towns 
forming the union. Said superintendent shall direct the work of 
the teachers and the studies of the pupils, advise with the school 
boards in regard to the employment of teachers, prescribe the 
purchase of school books and supplies and supervise their distri- 
bution, and may dismiss a teacher, who, in his judgment, is incom- 
petent and unfit, and shall have all the powers and perform all the 
various duties usually pertaining to the office of superintendent 
of schools. 

i9io, No. 59, § 5. Meeting of Union Superintendents. The meeting provided for 

in the preceding section shall be considered a summer school, 
provided it is in session no less than five consecutive days, and the 
expense to the state, including the actual traveling expenses of 
the union superintendents in attendance, shall be allowed by the 
auditor of accounts in the same manner and under the same 
conditions as provided for summer schools in section 6, No. 37, 
Acts of 1908. 

1908, No.!36, § 4. Re-organization. By a majority vote of the school directors 

of all the towns forming a union, the union may be dissolved, 
provided the several towns individually join unions already 
formed or unite in forming new unions. By a like vote, one or 
more towns may be released from a union, provided such town or 
towns join unions already formed or unite in forming new unions. 
The remaining towns shall continue in existence as a union, 
provided the number of schools of the union does not fall below 
twenty-five, and such union may accept other towns, provided 
the number of schools of the re-organized union does not exceed 
fifty. Such remaining towns of a union may reduce the number 
of its schools to less than twenty-five, provided a sufficient num- 
ber of other towns are added, within thirty days after reduction 
below twenty-five, to make the aggregate number of schools 
twenty-five or more. 

i9io, No. 59, § 6. Unions of Less than Twenty-five schools. Any five or more 

towns having less than twenty-five legal schools, may, on a ma- 
jority vote of all the school directors of the towns at a meeting 
called for that purpose, organize as a union for supervision pur- 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. n 

poses and such union so formed shall be subject to the provisions 
of law relating to unions. 

Names and Certificates of teachers. A town or union sup- 1908 - No - 36 >§ 5 - 
erintendent shall certify to the superintendent of education, 
within two weeks from the beginning of each term, as to names 
of teachers under his supervision, together with residence, grade 
of certificate and number of weeks taught. 

CHAPTER 43. 
NORMAL SCHOOLS, TEACHER TRAINING COURSES, AND 
STATE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE. 

Normal Schools. 

Length of. The normal schools at Johnson and Castleton are^ 89 |' § N ^ 1,§ L 
continued until August, nineteen hundred and twenty. • 1888 > No - 10 - § 1- 

1874, No. 34. 1870, No. 20, § 1. 1866, No. 1, §§ 1, 7. 1878', No. 113, § 1. 

No. 34, Acts of 1908. 

Sec. 1. State Board of Education. A state board of educa-jffJ-^-fs.i *' 
tion is hereby created, consisting of the governor of the state, as 
chairman, and the superintendent of education as members 
ex-officio, and three members appointed by the governor on Decem- 
ber 1, 1908, for the term of one, two and three years respectively, 
and annually thereafter the governor shall appoint a member for 
three years to succeed the member whose term expires. 

The governor shall also appoint biennially for the term of 
two years, one resident commissioner in each town where a normal 
school is located, who shall serve without pay and only act with 
the state board of education in matters pertaining to the normal 
school in the town of his residence. The governor shall have 
power to fill any vacancies. 

Sec. 2. Expense and accounts. Each of said appointees H||; g°; g; f }; 
shall receive five dollars a day for services rendered, and necessary 
expenses. Said board shall be provided, at the expense of the 
state, with necessary supplies ; including stationery, printing, 
postage and the like. 

Settlement of accounts shall be quarterly, on March first, June 
first, September first, and December first. 

Sec. 3. Duties. Said board shall elect a vice-chairman, a 
secretary and a treasurer. Said treasurer shall give bonds to such 
an amount as the governor and state treasurer may designate. 

Said board may make regulations governing its meetings and 
the performance of its duties. 

Sec. 4. Said board shall assume all the powers and duties now 
granted to the board of normal school commissioners, shall have 
full control and management of the normal schools, and any nor- 
mal-industrial or industrial school that may be established by the 



1896, No. 20, § 5. 



12 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

state, and shall have power to make such regulations governing 
these institutions as the interests of the state demand. 

1898, No. 22, §§4, 5. Sec. 949. Duties. Said board and the superintendent of 
education shall have the care of the normal schools. They shall 
establish courses of study for such schools and revise the same 
when necessary, determine the conditions for admission to and 
for graduation from such normal schools, provide for the issue 
of certificates to all persons of good moral character who pass 
the examinations required for graduation, and may revoke the 
same for good and sufficient cause shown. They shall select 
and employ all teachers for such normal schools and shall dismiss 
them when the interests of the school require it. They shall 
have and exercise such powers as are needed for properly con- 
ducting such schools, and shall report to the general assembly 
the condition and progress of such schools and the money re- 
ceived and expended for the same. 

1898, No. 22, § 5. Sec. 950. Treasurer of board; duties. Said board, by its 

treasurer, shall receive all moneys appropriated by the state for 
the support of the normal schools and all moneys accruing to 
such schools from other sources, and apply the same for the 
benefit of such schools. 



Practice Departments. 

1898, No. 22, §§4,5. Sec. 951. Establishment. Said board and the superintendent 
of education may establish practice departments in connection 
with the several normal schools. Said board shall expend for 
the support of such departments, such part of the moneys appro- 
priated by the state and accruing from other sources as is necessary. 
They shall agree with the board of school directors of a town 
in which a normal school is located for the use of school property 
held in trust by it, and arrange with said board for the mainten- 
ance of such practice departments. 

Admission to Normal Schools. 

1902, No. 24, § 2. Sec. 953. Regulations. A person who declares his intention 

1I96, No". 21', 1 2.' * to complete a course of study in a normal school and to teach 
in the state for two years after graduation therefrom, and who 
complies with the conditions established by the board of normal 
school commissioners for the admission of students, shall be en- 
titled to free tuition in the normal school of his choice. Other 
persons may be admitted to the normal schools in the discretion 
of the board of normal school commissioners on conditions and 
tuition fees fixed by it. 



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NO. 60, ACTS OF 1910. 

Support of Normal Schools. 

Section 1. Construction of Dormitory. The state board of 
education is hereby authorized and empowered to construct 
and equip at Johnson for the use of a state normal school at 
Johnson or other state institution a suitable dormitory. Said 
dormitory shall be constructed and equipped and ready for oc- 
cupancy on or before September 1, 1912, and the auditor of accounts 
shall on November 1, 1912, or forthwith thereafter, draw his 
order in favor of the treasurer of said board for such indebtedness 
as shall be incurred by said board in construction and equipment 
of such dormitory, but the sum of such orders shall not exceed 
twelve thousand dollars; provided, however, that the foregoing 
provisions shall not become operative until the following condi- 
tions have been complied with. 

First, a lot of land sufficient for the site of said dormitory with 
suitable grounds in connection therewith approved by the state 
board of education shall be conveyed to the state free of all incum- 
brances. 

Second, a lease of all the property belonging to or connected 
with the so-called Johnson Normal School shall be executed in 
favor of the state as lessee for a term of ninety-nine years, with 
the priviledge of renewals of such lease, or such part of said terrn 
as such property shall be used for the purpose of a state normal 
school or other state institution, and the trustees of the Lamoille 
County Grammar School are hereby authorized and empowered to 
execute such lease. 

Third, the village of Johnson shall by vote at a meeting of the 
legal voters thereof, vote to furnish the buildings connected with 
said institution with water for domestic and sanitary purposes 
free of all expense so long as said buildings are used by the state. 

Fourth, the village of Johnson shall by vote at a meeting of 
the legal voters thereof vote to furnish free of charge the buildings 
connected with said school with electricity sufficient to light said 
buildings so long as said buildings are used by the state. 

Sec 2. Standard of Schools. In case of the performance of 
all of the provisions of the preceding section, the state board of 
education is hereby authorized and empowered, so long as said 
school is continued as a ncrmal school, to provide that the grade 
and standard of such school shall be at least equal to that of any 
other state normal school and said board shall have and exercise 
the same power with reference to said school as are conferred 
upon said board by number thirty-four of the acts of 1908. 

Sec. 3. Appropriations. The sum of ten thousand dollars 
is hereby annually appropriated to the state normal school or other 
state institution mentioned in the preceding sections to be ex- 



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pended by the state board of education for the support of such 
state normal school or other state institution. 

Sec. 5. Purchase of Property at Castleton. The state board 
of education is further empowered and directed at any time prior 
to July 1, 1912, to purchase in the name of the state the real 
estate at Castleton, Vermont, now and heretofore used for school 
purposes by the Castleton Normal School, at and for a sum not 
exceeding twenty thousand dollars, and in case the said board 
of education and the owner of said property are unable to agree 
upon such price, then the same shall be ascertained and deter- 
mined by a commission of three persons, one of whom shall be 
selected by said board, one by the owner of said property, and the 
third by the two so selected. 

Sec. 6. Appropriations. The auditor of accounts is hereby 
authorized to draw his order upon the state treasurer in favor 
of the state board of education for the amount necessary for the 
purchase of the school property mentioned in the preceding 
section, in case said board finds it expedient to make such pur- 
chase and provided the amount of such order shall not exceed 
twenty thousand dollars. 

Sec. 7. Purchase. In the event of the purchase of the normal 
school at Castleton by the state, the provisions of section 952 of 
the Public Statutes as amended by No. 35 of the acts of 1908 as 
far as they apply to the normal school at Castleton are thereupon 
repealed. 

Sec. 8. Support. The sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby 
annually appropriated for the support of a state normal school at 
Castleton as soon as the property of the normal school at Castle- 
ton is purchased by the state, and such expenditure shall be 
under the direction of the state board of education. 

Sec. 9. Expenses. The auditor of accounts is hereby directed 
to draw orders upon the state treasurer in favor of the state board 
of education to defray the expenses incurred under section 3 and 
section 8 of this act. 

Sec. 10. Standard. In case of the performance of all of the 
provisions of section 5, the state board of education is hereby 
authorized and empowered, so long as said school is continued 
as a normal school, to provide that the grade and standard of such 
school shall be at least equal to that of any other state normal 
school and said board shall have and exercise the same power with 
reference to said school as are conferred upon said board by num- 
ber thirty-four of the acts of 1908. 

NO. 61, ACTS OF 1910. 

Teacher Training Courses. 

Sec. 1. Establishment. The school board of any town main- 
taining a high school of the first class, or the board of trustees of 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 15 

any academy of the first class, having three or more regularly em- 
ployed teachers, may establish and maintain a teacher training 
course in connection with such high school, or academy, but under 
the direction and with the approval of the superintendent of edu- 
cation who shall prescribe the studies to be pursued and appoint 
the special teacher to be employed. In his approval of the estab- 
lishment of such courses, consideration of the needs of the dif- 
ferent sections of the state shall be given by said superintendent 
and preference shall be given such high schools, or academies, 
as can serve the rural schools to the highest advantage, but no 
approval shall be given any high school or academy which has less 
than ten members of the senior class and graduates willing to 
pursue such course and to teach in the public schools of the state 
and which has less than three elementary graded schools available 
for observation and practice purposes, and such approval may be 
revoked or discontinued whenever in the judgment of said super- 
intendent such teacher training course is impractical for the state. 
The number of schools provided for in this section shall not ex- 
ceed twelve in the first year, and may be extended to fifteen in 
the second year at the discretion of the state superintendent of 
education. 

Sec. 2. Graduates admitted. Graduates of approved high 
schools and academies of the first class may be admitted to teacher 
training courses for a one-year course and shall be under the same 
regulations and laws as regular students in such schools. Any 
graduate of a high school or academy of the first class, residing in a 
town which does not provide a teacher training course, may have 
his tuition paid for such course in a high school, or in an academy, 
in the same manner and under the same laws and conditions as 
pertain to students residing in towns not maintaining high schools. 

Sec. 3. Certificate to teach. Any graduate from a teacher 
training course may receive from the superintendent of education, 
on the recommendation of the principal of the high school, or 
academy, in which such a course is maintained, and of the special 
training teacher, a certificate which shall be a license to teach in the 
public schools of the state for a period of three years. 

Sec. 4. Appropriation. When the chairman of the board of 
school directors, or of the board of trustees of an academy, certifies, 
under oath, to the auditor of accounts that an approved teacher 
training course has been maintained during any year closing 
June thirtieth, said auditor shall draw his order on the state 
treasurer who shall pay to the treasurer of such town, or academy, 
an amount not exceeding eight hundred dollars to be paid from 
the general state treasury, provided said board of school directors, 
or trustees of an academy, has expended at least two hundred 
dollars in salary for such special teacher in addition to amount 
to be received from the state. 



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NO. 62, ACTS OF 1910. 

State School of Agriculture. 

Sec. 1. Establishment. A state school of agriculture is hereby- 
created and established for the purpose of developing the agri- 
cultural resources of the state through practical instruction in 
agriculture, including tillage, crop-raising, gardening, orcharding, 
forestry, dairying, stock raising, farm management, marketing and 
the allied subjects of domestic science and the manual arts. 

Sec. 2. Trustees. A board of trustees of said state school of 
agriculture is hereby created, consising of the governor of the state 
and the commissioner of agriculture, ex-officio, and three practical 
agriculturists appointed by the governor previous to the first day of 
January, 1911; one for one year, one for two years and one for 
three years, from December 1, 1910, and annually thereafter, 
previous to the first day of December, the governor shall appoint 
one trustee for a term of three years. These trustees shall hold 
office until their successors are appointed. The governor shall 
be chairman, and said board shall appoint a vice-chairman and 
secretary and treasurer. The board of trustees shall have the 
general care, supervision, management and control of said school 
and all of its affairs, and, to carry out its purposes and objects, 
may: 

(1) Appoint a person of the town where said school is located, 
and at its pleasure remove him, who shall be called the local director, 
whose duties shall be prescribed by said board and who shall at 
all times be under the control and direction of said trustees. 

(2) Employ and, at its pleasure, remove, teachers, experts, 
chemists, laborers, servants and all necessary clerks and assistants. 

(3) Adopt rules and regulations for the management of said 
school, not inconsistent with the purposes and objects of this act. 

(4) Prescribe the courses of instruction and the methods of 
investigation and experiment to be followed in such school and 
establish the diplomas to be conferred on graduation; and said 
trustees shall fix the wages of all persons appointed by them 
or by said local director under their supervision. 

Sec. 3. Compensation ; report. Said trustees shall receive for 
their services four dollars for each day actually spent and be re- 
imbursed by the state for their traveling and other necessary ex- 
penses incurred by them in the discharge of their duties. 

The auditor of accounts is hereby authorized to audit and allow, 
on the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year, the trustees 
of said state school of agriculture their several accounts for services 
rendered and expenses incurred, and shall draw his order in pay- 
ment for the same. Said trustees shall make full report biennially 
to the general assembly of the work clone during the two years 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 17 

previous, the condition of said school and its needs; and the 
condition of its property; and in its said report shall furnish a 
detailed statement of the financial condition of said school, the 
moneys received and from what sources, and the moneys expended 
and for what purposes. 

Sec. 4. Powers of Trustees. The board of trustees of said 
state school of agriculture may locate said school in any town of its 
selection, and it is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, 
lease, hold, control and sell, in the name of the state and for such 
school, real and personal estate for the use of the same. 

Said board is also authorized and empowered to receive, in the 
name of the state, donations and bequests which may be made 
or given for the equipment and maintenance of such school. 

Lease of Normal School Property. The trustees of the normal 
school, located in the town of Randolph, are hereby authorized 
and empowered to sell, or lease the whole or any part of the real 
or personal estate, or both such estates, now held by them as such 
trustees, to the state for the sole use of the state school of agricul- 
ture created by this act and in aid of its purposes and objects, at 
such prices and upon such terms and conditions of payment as 
said trustees and the board of trustees of said state school of 
agriculture shall agree. 

Agreement. When any such agreement is reached by said par- 
ties the trustees of said normal school are hereby authorized and 
empowered to execute the necessary conveyances or other instru- 
ments to carry out the terms and conditions of that agreement, and 
transfer and deliver to said board of trustees of said state school of 
agriculture all of said estate so purchased or leased. Upon the exe- 
cution of any agreement entered into between said trustees of the 
normal school and the trustees of the state school of agriculture 
and the transfer of the property or the use of such property from 
the trustees of such normal school, and the transfer of the net 
income from any real estate or securities now held by them as such 
trustees to the trustees of such state school of agriculture, under 
the provisions of this act, such normal school, by the operation of 
this act shall be discontinued and shall cease to exist on and after 
July 1, 1911, and so much of section 945 of the Public Statutes as 
relates to the continuance of the normal school at Randolph until 
August 1920, is hereby repealed. 

Sec. 5. Appropriation. Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) 
is hereby appropriated by the state for the establishment of said 
school and for the purpose of purchasing real estate, tools, ma- 
chinery, animals, equipments, and for the erection and repair of 
buildings for such school, and for its complete equipment. 

Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) is hereby appropriated annually 
by the state for the maintenance of the school so established. 



18 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

The auditor of accounts is hereby directed to draw his order 
to the governor in such amounts and at such times as the board 
of trustees may request, not exceeding the amount of said several 
appropriations. 

Sec. 6. Discontinuance. At time of discontinuance of the 
normal school at Randolph, any normal student pursuing the lower 
course therein shall be granted by the superintendent of education, 
a certificate which shall be a license to teach in the public schools 
of the state for such a number of years as said student has been in 
attendance upon such normal school, and any student having com- 
pleted the first year of the higher course of said normal school 
shall be granted a certificate, by said superintendent, which shall 
be a license to teach five years; or said students may be admitted 
to any normal school in the state provided they are qualified to 
enter any existing classes. 

CHAPTER 44. 

EXAMINATION AND CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS. 

NO. 37, ACTS OF 1908. 

Duties of Superintendent of Education. 

Sec. 1. The superintendent of education shall arrange and pro- 
vide for the examination and certification of teachers, shall fix the 
standard to be reached for certification, shall prepare and procure 
the printing of questions for such examination and blanks for 
teachers' certificates, and shall have power to make all regulations 
for such examination and certification provided such regulations 
are not inconsistent with the laws of the state. 

Examinations; Expenses. 

Sec. 2. Under the direction of said superintendent, the super- 
intendent of a union shall conduct examinations, and shall rate 
applicants for teachers' certificates in such subjects and matters 
as said superintendent of education may designate. All expenses 
incurred in conducting an examination within a union shall be met 
by the joint committee of such union in the same manner as other 
expenses of the union are met. 

Supplementary Examinations. 

Sec. 3. If in the judgment of said superintendent of education 
an examination should be held in any town not included in a union, 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 19 

said superintendent may designate the time and place, and may 
appoint some person to conduct such examination. For such 
service, the appointee shall receive three dollars per day from said 
superintendent and re-imbursement for all necessary expenses. 
The expense of such an examination shall be allowed said superin- 
tendent in the settlement of his account. 

Sec. 4. A person who has received one first grade certificate 
on examination, and has taught in the state fifty weeks, may receive 
from the superintendent of education, at its expiration, another 
first grade certificate, without examination. 

Clerical Assistance. 

Sec. 5. Said superintendent is hereby empowered to employ such 
clerical assistance as is necessary for the purpose of carrying into 
effect the provisions of this act, and all expenses incurred in the 
performance of his duty shall be allowed him by the state in' the 
settlement of his account. 

General Provisions. 

Sec. 954. Certificate necessary; age of candidate. No person y °s 2 '§ N 644 5 ' § L 
shall teach a public school without having a certificate or a permit JUsno'I'I to 
as hereinafter provided; and a contract for teaching shall be void, if r - 4 ^q §§ 481, 494, 495, 
the teacher does not obtain such certificate or permit before open- 12 vt. 192. 
ing school. No certificate or permit shall be issued to a person 26 vt. 115. 
not seventeen years of age. 28 vt. 575. 

30 Vt. 586. 34 Vt. 270. 41 Vt. 353. 46 Vt. 452. 72 Vt. 451. 

Sec. 955. Notice by holder of certificate. A teacher holding v 90 s'§ No 66 2 i!' § *' 
a certificate or permit to teach shall, before school begins, notify ills! No! 9! | lb. 
the town superintendent of schools as to the date and grade of fgfy |fo 9 u7, § 2. 
such certificate and the name of the person granting it, and, upon 1910,No 59 ' § L 
request, shall submit the same to said superintendent for inspec- 
tion. The contract of a teacher neglecting to comply with the 
provisions of this section shall be void. 



NO. 64, ACTS OF 1910. 
Certificates for Normal School Graduates. 

Sec. 1. Employment of normal school teachers and students. V 88 S s',No 4 9; § 41. 
A school board of a town may employ, or permit to be employed f^ fjo. 7 ^ § x . 
through the state board of education, the regular normal school il66|No!if§ § 4 3 ' 
teachers and students, without examination or certificates, as 



20 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

teachers in the elementary schools used for observation and practice 
purposes within the town. 

r. 1906, § 874. Sec. 2. Certificates for normal school graduates. A graduate 

1888, No._9i § 42. from the lower course of a normal school in this state, on recom- 
1876', No. so, § mendation of the state board of education, may receive, without 

examination, from the superintendent of education a certificate 
which shall be a license to teach in the public schools of the state 
for a period of five years from date of graduation, and said gradu- 
ate, on the expiration of such five years' certificate, may receive, 
without examination, from said superintendent a second five 
years' certificate, provided such applicant has taught in the public 
schools of the state for fifty weeks; and a graduate from the higher 
course, in like manner, may receive, without examination, a 
certificate which shall be a license to teach in the public schools of 
the state for ten years from date of graduation, and said graduate, 
on the expiration of such ten years' certificate, may receive 
from said superintendent, without examination, a certificate which 
shall be a license to teach in the public schools of the state until the 
same is revoked by said superintendent, provided said applicant 
has taught in the state fifty weeks. 

iiS No! if: I i: Sec - 958 * Graduates of normal schools in other states. A 

i89 S o § No 4 |' § 2 graduate of a normal school in another state may receive, with- 

i9io'No'64 § § 4 3' ou ^ examma tion, from the superintendent of education, on pres- 
entation of a diploma or certificate of graduation, a certificate of 
the first grade, valid for five years, subject to the same provisions 
as certificates of graduation from a normal school in this state. 



Examination of Teachers. 



1896,' No' 19* | I' ^ec. 959. Examiner to hold. Examination of applicants for 

1894 Nolfi 650 ' teachers' certificates shall be both oral and written and shall be 

ills No' 9 §§ 3 46 ne ^ a ^ sucn times and places as said superintendent may designate 

r 4 l'§ 8 48o' f° r t ne accommodation of applicants. A record of the name, age 

1908, No. 37, § 9. anc | residence of each person examined shall be made by the person 

conducting the examination and he shall forthwith transmit such 

data to said superintendent, together with such other papers as 

may be required by said superintendent, who, upon their receipt, 

shall review such papers and thereafter keep them on file in his 

office for future reference. A person who fails to pass shall not 

have another examination for a certificate within three months 

thereafter. Certificates issued on such examination shall be of 

three grades, first, second and third, and shall not be complete 

unless they bear the signature or a printed facsimile signature of 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 21 

the superintendent of education nor until countersigned by the 
person who conducted the examination. 

Certificates of the First Grade. 

Sec. 962. Qualifications of applicant; duration of license. A^gjjj, § N o 5 |; § 5. 
certificate of the first grade shall be issued to one who has taught }^|;|J°;|^| 5 ^5 53 - 
forty weeks, whose examination papers show that the applicant 
has reached the standard required, and who has given evidence 
of good moral character and ability to govern. Such certificate 
shall be a license to teach in the public schools for five years from 
its date. 

Sec. 963. To college graduates. A certificate of the first grade v 9 °s 2 '§ N 65'| 5 ' § 6 ' 
may be issued, without examination, to a graduate of a college if 9 ' n°.' 5V2*' 
approved by said superintendent, upon presentation of a diploma }^|^°;|^ ^ 
or certificate of graduation; and, at the expiration of the certifi- 
cate so issued, if said graduate has taught forty weeks, said superin- 
tendent may issue a second first grade certificate. 

Certificates of the Second Grade. 

Sec. 964. Qualifications of applicant; duration of license.^ § N ^ 5 j^ 5 
A' certificate of the second grade shall be issued only to one who 1888 > No - 9 - § 54 - 
has taught twelve weeks, who has passed a satisfactory examina- 
tion in the branches required by law to be taught in public schools, 
whose examination papers show that the applicant has reached 
the standard required by the superintendent of education and who 
has given evidence of good moral character and ability to govern. 
Such certificate shall be a license to teach in the public schools 
for two years from its date. 

Continuation of First and Second Grade Certificates. 

Sec. 966. How long in force. A certificate of the first grade, 1906 No 47 § x 
or a certificate of the second grade issued on examination, held by a v 9 °l'§ N 657 5, § 5 - 
teacher employed continuously in the same town, shall remam }|os'No'37 § § 7 i2 
in force during such employment. 

Certificates of the Third Grade. 

Sec. 967. Qualifications of applicant; duration of license. v 89 s% N 654 9 ' § 5 ' 
A certificate of the third grade may be issued by the superin-i^No.s, § 5^ 
tendent of education, in his discretion, for a specified time, not 1908 ' No - 37> § 13 - 
exceeding one year. Such certificate shall be a license to teach 
in the public schools of the state and may be limited to the teaching 
of a particular school. It shall be issued only to one who has 
passed^a satisfactory examination in the branches required to be 



1 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

taught in public schools and is of a good moral character and 
ability to govern. A person who has twice taken a certificate of 
the third grade and has taught at least twenty-eight weeks shall 
not again be eligible to receive such a certificate. 

Special Certificates. 

1906, No. 43, § i. Sec. 969. Qualifications of applicant; duration of license. 

i9oi; No"; 3?! § ii. A special certificate may be issued by the superintendent of 
education, without examination, to a teacher of successful experi- 
ence in teaching and previous certification in the first or second 
grade, or of special training for teaching. Such special certificate 
shall be a license to teach special high school subjects, music, 
drawing, physical culture or the industrial arts and sciences, 
in the public schools. Such certificate shall be valid for five years, 
or for two years, according to the grade of the certificate previously 
held by the applicant; and, in case of special training, the grade 
of such certificate shall be determined by said superintendent. 
1906, No. 44, § 2. s EC# 970. Third grade ; regulations. A special third grade 

i9io! No! 64,' § 4'. certificate, valid for one year, may be issued by the superintendent 
of education, without examination, to a person who has taught 
successfully fifty weeks in public schools, or who has held a second 
grade certificate, or its equivalent, and has taught twenty weeks 
in public schools. A second special third grade certificate shall 
not be issued to said applicant until said applicant has received 
a second grade certificate on examination, or a first grade certi- 
ficate. 

A person who has received one first grade certificate on examina- 
tion, and has taught in the state fifty weeks, may receive from the 
superintendent of education, at its expiration, another first grade 
certificate, without examination. 

Unlimited Certificates. 

1906, No. 47, § 2. Sec. 971. Qualifications of applicant; duration of license. 

189!; No! i9| § 6! A certificate which shall be valid until revoked by the superin- 

i89ti, No. 5! § 2. tendent of education may be issued by said superintendent to a 

1908! n°o. 9 37, § 59 i6. person who has taught in the public schools five hundred weeks, 

or to a person who is a graduate of an approved college and who 

has devoted at least eight years to teaching in or superintending 

public schools in this state, or to a person who has taught in the 

public schools of this state for two hundred weeks and has held 

certificates of the first grade for ten years or certificates of the 

first and second grade for twelve years or certificates of the second 

and third grade, or their equivalents, for fourteen years, provided 

that in no case shall special certificates be included. 

1902, No. 25, § 2 Sec. 972 To normal school graduates. A graduate of a normal 

v. s.'§ 647. ' school, holding a ten years ' certificate or two five years ' certificates, 

888, No. 9, § 43' who has taught successfully two hundred weeks under the same, 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 23 

may, after the expiration thereof, be granted by the superintend- 
ent of education, without examination, a certificate which shall be 
a license to teach in the public schools until the same is revoked. 

Primary and Kindergarten Certificates. 

Sec. 973. Qualifications of applicant; duration of license. 1906, No. 43, § 2. 
The superintendent of education may issue, without examination, i898i No' 24,' § 1! 
a certificate to a person who has taught successfully in primary 
grades for three hundred weeks, or to a graduate of a recognized 
kindergarten training school, which shall be a license to teach in 
primary grades or kindergarten schools for five years from its 
date. 

Permits. 

Sec. 974. Issue. A town superintendent may give a private 1906, No. 48, § 1. 
examination for a permit to teach in a particular school for a term 1902! No! 25,' § I'. 
not exceeding twelve weeks, and, in case of a successful examina-v.s.' °' 
tion, shall forthwith transmit to the superintendent of education 1890; No! 5, § 14. 
the name, age, and residence of such successful applicant, togetherigoslNo^; § 19. 
with the percentages attained in such examination and the exami- 
nation papers. Said superintendent of education may, in his 
discretion, issue a permit on such examination and shall keep a 
record thereof. A person who has received one permit to teach 
shall not be entitled to another until said person has received a 
certificate on a public examination. 

Sec. 976. Date; number limited. Not more than one-third 1904, No. 35, §§ 2,3- 
of the terms of school in a school year, and nor exceeding five 
terms, shall be taught under permits in a town. 

Revocation of Certificates and Permits. 

Sec. 977. Who may revoke. The officer or board issuing aR. 1906 § 894. 
certificate or permit may, when, in his or its judgment, a teacher i894,No.i62§ 647. 

+ + a • *, , , , . , ,. , , 1888, No. 9, §§61,62. 

proves incompetent or otherwise unfit to teach in a public school, R. L. §§ 497,498. 
revoke the same. Written notice of such revocation shall be given 1865', No. 27. § 10 ' 
to the teacher and to one of the board of school directors or trustees, isss'.no. if §' 4. 

CHAPTER 45. 

TOWN SYSTEM OF SCHOOLS. 
Establishment. 

V.S. § 664. 

Sec. 978. Town to constitute a district. A town shall constitute }|||; g°; §°; §5 1, ie. 
a district for school purposes; and the division of a town into school fg-^; yfa*. ^ ^ 
districts shall no longer exist, except for the settlement of theirff V t" I?.' ' 
pecuniary affairs, but their records shall be preserved by the town.^ $;■• \f 5 - 



24 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

1896, No. 24, § i. Sec. 979. Town clerk to act as district clerk, when. The 

town clerk, in case the offices of clerk and prudential committee 
are vacant in a district whose financial affairs are not settled, 
may warn a meeting of such district as a resident district clerk. 
Said clerk or one of the selectmen of the town shall attend such 
meeting and preside over the same until a moderator is elected, 
v. s. § 666. Sec. 980. Voters, when disqualified. The voters in a district 

1888', N0/9, § 139. incorporated by a special act of the general assembly shall not 
vote in town meetings for the officers of, nor upon any matters 
pertaining to, the schools of the town. 
r. 1906, § S98. Sec. 981. School Meetings. A town may, if it so votes at an 

i9io', No. 65, § 4. annual town meeting, fix a date for holding annual town meetings 
for the election of school directors and for other school purposes, 
provided such date is not earlier than May first or later than June 
thirtieth. A notice of the proposed change shall be inserted in the 
warning of such annual town meeting upon the written request 
of ten legal voters of the town. 
vs. §667. Sec. 982. School property. A town shall take charge of its 

67,vt.,°'o8.' school houses and property belonging thereto, and all debts 

72 vt'! 63^ outstanding that have accrued for the purchase of land, erection 

of school houses and repairs thereon shall be audited and paid 
by the town. 
1888, No 6 !; § 138. Sec. 983. School houses. A town shall provide and maintain 

?876', No. 5 48, 602 ' suitable school houses, and the location and construction of the 
r. I. it', 1 i 9 ' same shall be under the control of the board of school directors. 

r. 1906, § 901. s EC . 984. Taxes. A town may raise a tax on its grand list 

1888, No. 9, § 245. to purchase or hire lands or buildings for school purposes, and to 
i87o", No."i6. build, repair or furnish school houses that may be needed for such 

a. s. ll'.l 13. town. R - 1797, p - 495, § 3 - 1795, p - 9 - R - I787 ' p> 137 ' 61 ' vt< 96 ' 



1827, No. 23, § 10. 



Elections. 



1906, No. 43, § 56. Sec. 985. Ballots, when used. In town districts having more 

1892, No. 21, § 22. than four thousand inhabitants, the school directors shall be voted 

for upon a separate ballot deposited in a separate ballot box. 
1906, No. 93, § i. s EC . 986. Women may vote and hold office. Women, twenty- 

1906, No. 43, §§5. J J 

v. s. §§ 704, 2982. one years of age, shall have the same right as men to vote on mat- 

1892, No. 21, § 22. J ° ' ° 

i sss, no. 9, § 92. ters pertaining to schools and school officers, and the same right 

R. L. §§ 524.2659. L ° . ... 

1880, No. 103. to hold elective and appointive offices relating to school affairs. 

1880, No. 104. rl 

55 Vt. 61. 



63 Vt. 383. 



Directors. 



i9io. No. 65, § 5. Sec. 987. Election; term of office. A town shall have a 

V. S. § 669. ' . . 

|s '" •^°- 1 JH ]■ board of school directors consisting of three citizens of the town, 

1892, No. 20, § 4. ° . ' 

1888, No 9, § 126. one of whom shall be elected at each annual meeting of the town 

i87o.No.io, §§ 23. and whose term of office shall be for three years, beginning the 

59 vt. 658. first day of July following, and until a successor is elected. 
V.S.S 671. Sec. 988. Vacancies. The selectmen may temporarily fill a 

1892, No. 20, § 4. . . 

R ^- If 59 ,t- 5 , 9 A , „ vacancy in the board of school directors until an election is had, 

1870, No. 10, §§ 2, .3, 6. J ' 

and a record thereof shall be made in the town clerk s office. 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 25 

Sec. 989. Oath; chairman. School directors shall be swomy^&yfTOa. ^ 
and, on or before the third day of July, annually, elect one of tneir |f 8 ^'li 5^ § 59 ^ 27 - 
number chairman, and file a certificate of his election for record 1910, No. 65, § 6. 
in the town clerk's office within five days. 

Sec. 990. Duties. The board of school directors shall have i|02, No. 26, § i. 

lo98, JNO. 2U, J 4. 

the care of the school property of the town and the management v. s. M^ ^ 
of its schools, keep the school houses suitably repaired and insured, i|||! No! 20^5/ 
determine the number and location of schools, employ teachers R-L.'§ sgj. 

. . . lo/o, J\o. 46. 

and fix their compensation, examine and allow claims arising i|70. No. 10, § 7. 
therefrom and draw orders on the town treasurer in payment 56 yt. 551. 

00 Vt. 000. 

thereof, have authority to designate the schools which shall be67Vt, 150. 
attended by the various pupils, and make regulations not incon- 
sistent with law as to carrying the powers granted them into effect. 

Sec. 991. Liability. If a board of school directors authorizes^ isoe^gos. 
a payment not authorized by law, each member thereof shall bei88s',No. g 9,§ 87. 
liable to the town for the money so paid, to be recovered in ^g^^gg 9 - 
action on this statute. 

Sec. 992. Appropriations. Said board shall annually recom-i?06,No.35,§ 1. 

. . ,i c V. b. § 674. 

mend in writing to the town meeting, the amount of money 1892, No. 20, § 14. 
necessary to be appropriated for the use of schools. 

Sec. 993. School houses and sites. Said board shall havey.s § 675. 

ii 11 i -i t 1892, No. 21, § 19. 

power to purchase sites, erect school houses or sell buildings orfg^f^o^ 8 
sites, when authorized by a vote of the town so to do. 

Sec. 994. Report. Said board shall annually, on or before Julyy.s.5 676. 

... 1 • 1 lb92, JNo. 20, § 10. 

fifteenth make a full printed report of its doings together with an isss, No. 9, § 134. 

K. L,. § «599. 

exhibit of orders drawn for school purposes and file a copy ofi9io,No.65,§ 7. 
same with the town clerk. 

Sec. 995. Statement of expenditures. Said board shall annually, 1898, No. 20, § s. 

. V. b. § 850. 

on or before the thirtieth day of June, prepare its report to thei890,N2.5,§ 2 

-, , . 1 loos, JNo. 9, § 237. 

town, and return to the town clerk an itemized statement underi9io,No.65,§ s. 
oath of the actual cash expenditures of the town for the preceding 
school year for school purposes; and no town shall be entitled to 
receive any portion of its school moneys unless such return is made. 

Sec. 996. Compensation. The compensation of school direc-y s § 678 

* ... 1892, No. 20, § 11. 

tors shall be such sum as the town votes at an annual town meeting, isss, No 9, § 135. 

. . . , . K. L. § 606. 

for the time actually spent in the performance of their duties ; is76, No. 46 

. ,11 ,, r ,1 1870, No. 10, §§5, 7. 

and their account shall be audited and allowed as those 01 other 
town officers. 

Clerk. 

Sec. 997. Appointment; compensation. The board of school^. § No ^°- § 5. 
directors shall appoint a clerk, who shall serve until his successor Jggo, go. 5, | § 2 127128 
is appointed and shall be paid upon the order of said board. 

Sec. 998. Directors to act as, when. In case of the absence, »■ |fj 6 ^ 15 - 
disability or neglect of the clerk, his duties shall be performed ips, No.9,^ 85. 
by the board of school directors. G- S- 22 ' § 36 - 

Sec. 999. Records and returns. Said clerk shall keep aper-i89|,No^20,§ 5. 
manent record of the proceedings of the board, and shall makers, ,No. 9,^128 
such returns as the superintendent of education may require. iIt^'no'.!!'. 

G. S.22,§ 37. 1856, No. 37, § 1. R. S. 18, § 10. 1908, No. 37, § 21. 1908, No. 37, § 21. 1870, No. 10, § 6. 



26 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

1898, No 20, § 6. Sec. 1000. List of children of school age. Said clerk shall 

V. S. § J 680. . 

i|9|, No.2i, §§5,7. annually, between June twentieth and June thirtieth, prepare 

lofn'S^R'A 1 ^ " an accurate list containing the name and age of each child of 

school age residing in the town, and the name of the parent or 

other person having control of such child, and shall keep such 

list on file and make such report therefrom as the superintendent 

of education may require. He shall be paid by the town, for 

taking such census, four cents for each person of school age. 

R.1906, § 918. Sec. 1001. False information; penalty. If a person having 

1892, No. 2*i, § 6. control of a child between the ages of five and eighteen years 

1888, No. 9, § 169. .... fc J 

refuses to give the clerk information as to the age of such child, 

or falsely states the same, he shall be fined not more than twenty 

dollars nor less than five dollars. 

1896, No. 19, § 7. ' Sec. 1002. Registers. Said clerk shall procure from the 

1892, No. 2i, §§ io, 13. town clerk the registers for the schools of the town, assign one for 

R. L. §§ 619, 622. . ° . 

1878, No. 117, § i. each school, fill in respectively the names and ages of the children 

lS76,No.52,f§fcl. . 

1874, No. 53, § 4. designated or entitled to attend each and on or before the opening 

1872, No. 18, § 2. ° . r b 

1910, No. 65, § io. of the fall term of school he shall deliver to the teacher thereof the 
proper register and a list of such children as may be entitled to 
enrollment. For the safe keeping of the school registers, the 
clerk of the school board shall be responsible. 

NO. 73, ACTS OF 1910. 

Medical Inspection. 

Sec. 1. Appointment of medical inspectors. The school direc- 
tors of any town or city, or the school committee of any incorpor- 
ated district, may appoint one or more medical inspectors for their 
schools, provided the legal voters of such town, city, or incorporated 
district at their, annual school meeting by vote instruct said direc- 
tors or committee so to do. The compensation of such inspectors 
shall be fixed by the school directors or prudential committee. 

Sec. 2. Physical examination of pupils in public schools. Such 
medical inspectors shall examine the pupils of said schools, and in 
all things comply with such rules and regulations as may be promul- 
gated by the state board of health relating thereto. 

Sec. 3. Physical examination of pupils in private schools. Said 
inspector shall, under the same regulations, examine the pupils of 
any private school when requested so to do by the principal thereof, 
or whenever any communicable disease is present in any town or 
city in which such private school may be located, or when the pupils 
thereof may have been exposed to any communicable disease. 

NO. 40, ACTS OF 1908. 

Manual Training. 

Sec. 1. Establishment of manual training courses. Any high 
or grammar school whose course of study or outline or work in 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 27 

manual training has been approved by the state superintendent of 
education, may, upon application, be placed upon an approvedlist 
of schools maintaining manual training departments. A school 
once entered upon such list may remain there and be entitled to 
state aid so long as the scope and character of its work are main- 
tained in such manner as to meet the approval of said superinten- 
dent. On the first day of July in each year the clerk of each school 
board maintaining a school on the approved list or the city super- 
intendent of any city where such an approved school is maintained, 
shall report to the state superintendent of education in such form as 
may be required, setting forth the facts relating to the cost of 
maintaining the manual training department thereof, the character 
of the work done, the number and names of teachers employed, 
and the length of time such department was maintained during 
the preceding year. And upon the receipt of such report, if it 
shall appear that the department has been maintained in a satis- 
factory manner for a period of not less than six months during the 
year, the said superintendent shall make a certificate to that effect 
and file it with the auditor of accounts. Upon receiving such 
certificate, the auditor of accounts shall draw an order for two 
hundred and fifty dollars payable to the treasurer of the town, city 
or district maintaining the school ; provided that the total amount 
expended for such purpose shall not exceed five thousand dollars 
in any year. 

Sec. 2. Industrial schools for a group of towns. Two or more 
towns may unite as a district for the maintenance of the industrial 
schools provided for in the preceding section, but no such district 
shall be created without the approval of the superintendent of 
education. 

NO. 41, ACTS OF 1908. 

Secret Societies. 

Sec. 1. Pupils debarred. No pupil registered as such and at- 
tending any public school in the state which is wholly or partly 
maintained by public funds shall join, become a member of or 
solicit any other pupil of such school to join or become a member 
of any secret fraternity, club or society wholly or partially formed 
from the membership of pupils attending such school, or take part 
in the organization or formation of any such fraternity, club or 
society or the continuation of any such existing fraternity, club, 
society or association, except such societies or associations as are 
sanctioned by the school authorities after an impartial investiga- 
tion of their nature, in the course of which the members of any 
such existing fraternity, club, society or association shall be given 
full opportunity to be heard in person or by deputy. The de- 
cision of said school authorities, however, shall be final. 



28 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

Sec. 2. School official to enforce law. The school directors, 
commissioners or other school authorities of the several towns, 
villages and incorporated school districts shall enforce the pro- 
visions of the preceding section in their respective towns, villages 
or incorporated school districts and shall have full power and 
authority to make, adopt and modify all rules and regulations 
which in their judgment may be necessary for the proper governing 
of such schools and enforcing all of the provisions of the preceding 
section. 

Sec. 3. Penalty. The school directors, commissioners or other 
school authorities of the several towns, villages and incorporated 
school districts shall have power and authority, pursuant to rules 
and regulations made and adopted by them for that purpose, to 
suspend or dismiss any pupil of such schools therefrom or to pre- 
vent such pupil or any of them from graduating or participating 
in school honors, when, after investigation, in the judgment of 
such school directors, commissioners or others school authorities 
or a majority of them, such pupil is guilty of violating any of the 
provisions of the second preceding section or is guilty of violating 
a rule or regulation adopted by such directors, commissioners or 
other school authorities for the purpose of governing such schools 
or for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of such second pre- 
ceding section. 

Sec. 4. No debarment from joining certain societies. The 
provisions of this act shall not apply to membership in temperance 
or religious societies or associations of any kind or to societies or 
any form of associations which have been established in a given 
community for the moral advancement of its youth. 

NO. 67, ACTS OF 1910. 

Flags. 

The board of school directors and the corresponding officers in 
school districts shall cause to be erected on each school house, or 
on the premises belonging thereto, a suitable flag pole, and shall, 
while school is in session, at such times as they may direct, cause 
a United States flag, which shall not be lettered or marked in any 
way, to be displayed thereon. Any person violating the provis- 
sions of this act shall be fined not more than ten dollars. 

NO. 66, ACTS OF 1910. 

Pensions. 

Sec. 1. Teachers may be pensioned frcm the moneys raised 
by towns or incorporated districts for school purposes. 

Sec. 2. A teacher who has taught in a public school in this 
state thirty years is eligible to receive a pension. 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 29 

Sec. 3. No pension voted by town or incorporated district 
shall exceed one-half the average annual salary received by the 
teacher during the last five years of service. 

Sec. 4. A pension may be voted by town or incorporated dis- 
trict on recommendation of the school directors or prudential 
committee at the annual school meeting or at a special meeting- 
called by the school authorities for such purpose. 

CHAPTER 46. 
INSTRUCTION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 
Maintenance of Schools. 
Sec. 1003. Number of weeks required: studies. A town shall v. s.§§ 683, 822. 

.... ~ . 1894, Nos. 17, 18. 

maintain for at least twenty-eight weeks m a year a sufficient 1892, No. 9, §§ 95, 97, 
number of schools for the instruction of children who may legally i886[ No. 32. 

1884, No. 28. 

attend the public schools therein, and such schools shall be kept 1882, Nos. 20, 21. 

. 1 •! -K" -k* §§ 558, 560. 

bv teachers of competent ability and of good morals. Pupils isso, No. 98, § 1. 

J . 7 . ,. . . „. 1876, No. 48. 

shall be instructed m good behavior, reading, writing, spelling, g. s. 22, § 19. 

. . ill* ^" ^* ^* § 1* 

English grammar, geography, arithmetic, free hand drawing, 1827, No. 23, § 1. 
the history and Constitution of the United States, and in elemen-32Vt.224! 

56 Vt. 551. 

tary physiology and hygiene, with special reference to the effect 
of alcoholic drinks and narcotics on the human system, and shall 
receive special instruction in the geography, history, constitution 
and principles of the government of Vermont. 

Sec. 1004. Special instruction. The board of school clirec-i906,No.49,§ 1. 

. , ,. , ., . . . , ... .V.S. §§686,823. 

tors may provide for daily instruction in vocal music, physical 1888, No. 9, § 96. 

1 . ■,!•■, • , t • i 59 vt - 658 - 

culture, drawing and the industrial arts and sciences, by a reg- 
ular teacher or teachers; and a town may instruct its directors 
to provide for such instruction by a teacher or teachers employed 
for such purpose. 

Sec. 1005. Commemorative exercises. The last half day's v. s. § 684. 
session of the public schools before Memorial Day shall be de- 
voted to exercises commemorative of the history of the nation 
during the War of the Rebellion, and to patriotic instruction in 
the principles of liberty and the equal rights of man. 

Location of Schools, and Conveyance and Board of Pupils. 

Sec. 1006. School directors' duties. Schools shall be located 1904, No. 36, § 1. 

1900, No. 21, § 1. 

in such places and held at such times as, in the judgment of the 1898 No. 23, § 1. 

. V. S. § 685. 

board of school directors, will best subserve the interests of educa-i892,No.20,§ 6. 
tion and give the pupils of the town equal advantages so far as im- 
practicable. Said board may, in its discretion, provide convey-R.L.'§§564, 597. 
ance for pupils to and from school at the expense of the town 
from such points as it designates, or may pay a reasonable sum 
for the board of such pupils while in attendance upon school. 



30 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

r. 1906, §923. Sec. 1007. Appeal from action of directors. An interested 

1904, No. 36, § 1. . . 

1900, No. 2i, § i. person may appeal from the action of the board of school directors 
1908! No. 38[§ i. to the town or union superintendent, as to the conveyance of 
pupils, the designation of a particular school for a pupil to attend, 
insufficient school accommodations, or, in case of attendance 
upon a school in another town, as to the number of weeks of school 
attendance. Such appeal shall be taken by a petition signed by 
five taxpayers of the town. 
J904, No. 36, § i. Sec. 1008. Hearing on appeal. On notice of such appeal, 

1898. No. 23! § i. the town or union superintendent shall appoint a time and place 
of hearing thereon in the town where such appeal originated. 
Such appeal shall be heard by the town or union superintendent, 
as the case may be, and by two other persons, one of whom shall 
be selected by the appellant and the other by the board of school 
directors; and if either party fails to select a referee, said town or 
union superintendent and the referee selected by the other party 
shall select a second referee, and the question shall be decided 
by the superintendent and the two referees so chosen. Said 
appeal shall be to the union superintendent if the appellant resides 
in a union district, if not, then to the town superintendent. The 
decision shall be rendered in writing to the board of school directors, 
and said board shall act as directed therein. 

Kindergartens. 

1900, No. 26, § i. Sec. 1009. Establishment. The board of school directors 

v. s§ 709. ' may establish and maintain kindergartens into which children 

~~3|no!9, § i5i. under five years of age may be received. Such kindergartens as 

conform to the laws governing public schools shall be considered 

public schools. 

Evening Schools. 

"^ § 92J- , Sec. 1010. Establishment; studies. A town may establish and 

1898, No. 2b, § 1. \ J 

V oo% i T 83 2- „ ,,r maintain evening schools which shall be conducted as day schools 

1888, No. 9, § 165. . . . 

rs74'N 67 37 2 except as herein provided. A session of an evening school may 
be treated as a half day's session of a public school. A person 
desirous of learning to speak and read the English language, or of 
pursuing the studies required to be taught in public schools, or of 
studying commercial subjects, may be admitted as a pupil into an 
evening school upon such, terms as the board of school directors 
prescribes. 

Non-Resident Pupils. 

i89 S 2 No 6 ^o f 3 8' ^ EC " 1011# Instruction. The board of school directors may 

18 ifi No ' 9 ' §J 106 recerve i n t the schools under its charge non-resident pupils, 
?87^' iro 9 fo 9 under such terms and restrictions as it deems best; and money 
etvt^V 1 ' ' received for the instruction of such pupils shall be paid into the 

school fund of the town. 



1886, No. 32. 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 31 

Sec. 1012. Same. A child residing in the vicinity of a school i89S, No. 25, § 1. 
in an adjoining town, who can be better accommodated in such 
school, may demand the privileges of the same. The tuition 
charged shall be paid from the school money of the town in which 
said pupil is a resident; and the tuition paid shall not be greater 
than the cost per pupil per week for the maintenance of such school, 
provided that the same does not exceed one dollar per week. 

Elementary Schools. 

Sec. 1013. Definition. A school performing the work pre-i906,No. 53, § 1. 
scribed in a nine years' course of study, or part thereof, prepared 
by the superintendent of education for ungraded schools, shall be 
considered an elementary school. 

Transportation. 

Sec. 1014. Transportation and board of pupils. Twenty 1906 - No.53,§ 2. 
thousand dollars is hereby annually set aside in the state treasury 
for the purpose of aiding towns which have furnished, during the 
preceding school year, transportation and board for their resident 
pupils in attendance upon the elementary schools. A board of 
division which shall consist of the governor, state treasurer and 
superintendent of education shall annually, on or before the first 
day of July, apportion such amount among the several towns 
which have furnished such transportation and board and which 
have raised by taxation and expended fifty percent or more on 
their respective grand lists for school purposes, excluding interest 
on the United States deposit fund, the state school tax and money 
for new school houses, in the following ratio: to towns having 
raised and expended fifty percent or more, one share per dollar 
expended for transportation and board; to towns having raised 
and expended sixty percent or more, one and one-half shares; and 
to towns having raised and expended seventy percent or more, 
two shares. Upon the completion of the apportionment, said 
board shall forthwith transmit the same to the state treasurer, 
who shall annually, on or before the tenth day of July, pay the 
several towns according to the portion assigned by said board. 

Sec. 1015. Returns by board of school directors. The boardi9io.No.65, § 11. 
of school directors shall annually, on or before the thirtieth day 
of June, furnish to the town clerk, on a blank to be furnished said 
board by the superintendent of education, a sworn statement of 
the actual expenditures by said board for transportation and board 
of resident pupils in attendance upon the elementary schools; 
and the town clerk shall annually, on or before the tenth day of 
July, upon a blank to be furnished him by said superintendent, 
certify to said superintendent the sum expended by said board for 
transportation and board of resident pupils, and the percent 



32 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

actually expended for school purposes, excluding interest on the 
United States deposit fund, the state school tax and money ex- 
pended for new school buildings. No town shall be entitled to 
any portion of the sum hereinbefore set aside unless such certificate 
is made as herein required. 

CHAPTER 47. 
INSTRUCTION IN HIGH SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES. 

1908, No. 39, §ii. Sec. 1016. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, a 

R. 1906, § 932. » if 1 > 

1904, No. 37, § 4. high school shall be a school of any one of the following classes: 
first class, a school of a four years' course or courses; second class, 
a school of a three years' course or courses; third class, a school of 
a two years' course or courses; fourth class, a school of a one year 
course or courses. 

The course or courses of instruction in each school in any one 
of the four classes shall begin immediately at the completion of 
an elementary course of nine years. 

Each school shall be considered a single school, in and for which 
a single register shall be kept and returned according to law, and 
each shall be maintained at least thirty-six weeks in the school 
year and shall be taught by a teacher or teachers of competent 
ability, of good morals and legal certification; and, in each, in- 
struction shall be given in English language and literature, higher 
mathematics, history, natural science and, in schools of the first 
and second class, ancient and modern languages; and instruction 
may be given in political, social, moral and industrial sciences, 
commercial subjects, ancient and modern languages, music and 
physical culture, and in the fine and mechanical arts. 

The course or courses and subjects of study for each school 
shall be prescribed by the superintendent of education, and each 
school shall conform thereto. 

An educational institution legally incorporated and providing 
instruction equivalent to that of a high school of any class shall 
be an academy. 

Maintenance of High Schools. 

r. 1906, § 934. Sec. 1017. Towns to maintain, etc. A town shall maintain 

1904, No. 37, §§ 1,2. ... , , „ . , , . , . . . , , -, 

1902, No. 27, §§ 1,2, 3. a high school or furnish higher instruction for its advanced pupils 
1900, No. 22, § 1. b & ^ ^ 

v. s. § 687. as follows: the board of school directors shall, at an expense not 

1894, No. 19, § 1. , . , . „ -11, <■ 

1892, No. 20, § 7. to exceed eight dollars a term or twenty -four dollars a year for 

597. 'each pupil, unless the board of school directors is authorized by 

1880, No. 97, § 1. ,, ! . , . . • , - 

1876, No. 42. vote of the town to pay a higher tuition, provide and arrange tor 

1869, No. 9, § 1. . . ... 7 

78 vt, 383. the instruction of advanced pupils in a high school of an incor- 

porated district or an academy within the town, or in the high 
schools or academies of other towns within or without the state. 
If a town does not maintain a high school of the first class, the 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 33 

board of school directors shall provide and arrange for the instruc- 
tion of the advanced pupils of the town, for the remaining years 
necessary to complete the course or courses of study in a high 
school of the first class, in a high school of an incorporated district 
or academy within the town, or in the high schools or academies 
of other towns within or without the state. 

Qualifications of Pupils for Advanced Instruction. 

Sec. 1018. Examination. Whenever a pupil demands the gig. §£{»•{ J. 
payment of his tuition for the first year of a four-year course in 
a high school of another town, or in an academy, as provided by 
this chapter, the superintendent of the town in which said pupil 
resides shall hold an examination, as provided in the following 
section, for determining his qualifications for entrance upon such 
high school or academy. Any student having completed without 
conditions such first year shall be entitled to payment of his 
tuition by the town of his residence, and without examination, 
for the remaining three years of a four-year course. 

Sec. 1019. Examination papers. Said superintendent shall ijjjo. go. .68, | g. 
procure papers for such examination from the superintendent of 
education, conduct the examination in accordance with instruc- 
tions and regulations prescribed by him, and forward the papers 
written by applicants to said superintendent of education who 
shall determine the ratings of said pupils in the various school 
subjects, and notify the superintendent of the town concerning 
the same. Upon receiving such ratings, said town or the union 
superintendent may determine in regard to qualifications of said 
pupils for advanced instruction. All expense incurred in carrying 
out the .provisions of this act shall be. met and allowed in the same 
manner as the expense of examination and certification of teachers. 

Sec. 1020. Liability of town for tuition. A town shall not ijjio. No. 68, § 3. 
pay the tuition of any pupil for the first year of a four-year course 
until said pupil has been found qualified by the town or union- 
superintendent to enter upon such course, nor shall a town pay 
tuition of any pupil receiving advanced instruction except to an 
academy or a high school approved by said superintendent. 

Standard of High Schools and Academies. 

Sec. 1021. Superintendent to determine; appeal. The super- woe, No.^ij i, 2. 
intendent of education shall, on request, determine and establish wm'. No. 37^5^^ 
the standard of any high school or academy. An interested 
person may appeal to said superintendent, whose decision shall 
be final, from the action of the board of school directors in regard 
to the high school or academy designated for attendance or the 
tuition to be paid for advanced instruction. No person shall be 
deprived of such instruction by reason of age. 



34 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

Duties of Town Clerk. 

i9io, No. 65, § 12. Sec. 1022. Statistics. A town clerk, in case pupils are pro- 

1906, No. 50, § 1. . . , i • , ii ii 

1904, No. 37, § 3. vided with higher instruction under this chapter, shall annually, on 
or before the tenth day of July furnish the superintendent of edu- 
cation, on a blank to be supplied by him, a certified statement of 
the name, age and attendance of each pupil, the school attended, 
the amount of tuition paid for each pupil for the school year ending 
June thirtieth preceding, and the aggregate amount so expended, 
not exceeding twenty-four dollars per pupil per school year. Said 
superintendent shall forthwith transmit such statement to the 
auditor of accounts. 

Appropriation. 

1906 NoiiE;! ii Sec. 1023. Disbursement. The state treasurer shall annually, 

1902' No" Vi\ § I'. on ^ ie 01 'der of the auditor of accounts and on or before the first 
day of September, pay to the several towns which have paid tuition 
for advanced instruction according to the provisions of this chapter, 
sums as follows, according to and based on tuitions not exceeding 
twenty-four dollars per pupil per school year: to towns having ex- 
pended for school purposes, not including new buildings, during 
the preceding school year, fifty percent or more of their grand lists, 
in addidion to all other school moneys, a sum equal to one-half the 
amount expended for tuitions; to towns having expended sixty 
percent or more, a sum equal to three-fourths of the amount so 
expended; and to towns having expended seventy percent or 
more, a sum equal to the amount so expended. 

NO. 68, ACTS OF 1910. 

Sec. 5. Examinations in towns having a High School. The 

superintendent of a town in which a high school is maintained 
may determine the qualifications of elementary pupils to enter 
such high school, or he may require said pupils to take the state 
examination for advanced instruction, may send the papers 
of said pupils to the superintendent of education and, upon receiv- 
ing their ratings, may determine their qualifications. 

Sec. 6. Tuition to local Academy. If, in any town not main- 
taining a high school of the first class, an approved academy of 
the first class is located, tuition for advanced instruction shall be 
paid to such approved academy only, unless applicants for such 
advanced instruction can be accommodated in first class high 
schools or academies nearer their homes. 

Sec. 7. Book -rent. In case the school board of a town main- 
taining a high school, or the board of trustees of an academy, does 
not charge tuition, but charges book rent in lieu of tuition, such 
book rent shall be paid by a town which does not maintain a first 
class high school and which has resident students in attendance 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 35 

upon such high schools or academy, and rebate shall be made 
therefor by the state in the same manner and under the same pro- 
visions as rebate is made for advanced instruction. 

Sec. 8. Promotion of non-resident Pupil. A pupil who holds a 
certificate of graduation from the ninth grade of a graded school 
of a town or an incorporated district maintaining a high school of 
the first class shall be entitled to receive from the town or union 
superintendent a certificate of his qualifications to enter without 
examination upon a course in the high school of such town or 
incorporated district, and, if a non-resident of such town or in- 
corporated district, shall be entitled to the payment of his tuition 
by the town of his residence for such course in such high school. 

NO. 46, ACTS OF 1908. 

Grammar School Lands. 

Section 1. The school directors of any town within which 
grammar school lands are located, provided the revenue of such 
grammar school lands has not been granted to a particular academy 
or grammar school or to a particular use by special act of the 
general assembly, shall have control and management of such lands, 
shall have power to lease the same on the expiration of existing 
leases, and to collect and disburse all revenues arising there- 
from. If in any town in which such lands are located a high school 
or an academy, approved by the superintendent of education, 
is maintained by such town, the revenues arising from such lands 
shall be used in the maintenance of such high school or academy; 
but if no approved high school or academy is maintained by the 
town, the revenues arising from such lands shall be used in the 
payment of the tuition of resident students for advanced instruc- 
tion in other towns. All funds that have accumulated in the 
hands of trustees in any town within which grammar school lands 
are located shall be paid over to the board of school directors to 
invest and control, for which bonds satisfactory to the selectmen 
shall be given, and the income from such investments shall be used 
in the same manner as the revenues of the grammar school lands 
hereinbefore mentioned. 

CHAPTER 48. 
SCHOOL YEAR AND TIME ALLOWED TEACHERS. 

Sec. 1024. School year. The school year shall commence 1910, No. 65, § 13. 3 
the first day of July and end the last day of June following. Inis^i.^sroPii, § 2. 
the absence of express contract, a session of three hours in the 18 i65 N °' 9,§§ 163 ' 
forenoon and three in the afternoon shall constitute a school 1872", No. 16. 
day; five days a school week; and four weeks a school month. A 1 847, No 24, § 1. 
legal school shall have at least four hours per day for five days 
in a week. 



36 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

1910, No. 65, § 14. Sec. 1025. Time allowed teachers. The time not exceeding 

R. 1906, § 938. . . & 

1906, No. 43, § i. four days actually spent by a teacher in attendance upon a meeting 
1892, No. 2i, § 3. of the state teachers' association, upon educational meetings held 

1888, No. 9, § 166. . ' . r ° 

1882, No. 22, § i. by the superintendent ot education or town or union superin- 
tendent, and the time actually spent by a teacher in visiting schools 
when so instructed by the town or union superintendent, during 
any one term, shall in determining the compensation of the teacher 
and the number of weeks of school, be accounted the same as if 
spent in teaching. 
v 9 s°'§ N 76s 5 ' § 15 ' Sec. 1026. Holidays. A teacher in a public school shall not 

iIII'no 9V167 ke- required to teach on a legal holiday and the board of school 
1886, No. 28. directors may give written permission to a teacher to dismiss 

school for not more than two days whenever such dismissal seems 
necessary or proper. In determining the number of weeks taught 
by said teacher, no deduction shall be made from his time or com- 
pensation because of his absence on such days. 

NO. 45, ACTS OF 1908. 

Monthly Payment of Wages. 

Sec. 1. A teacher in the public schools of any town shall be 
entitled to receive monthly payment of wages due under the con- 
tract of said teacher with such town, provided such teacher de- 
mands of the board of school directors such monthly payment. 

CHAPTER 49. 

SCHOOL AGE AND ATTENDANCE. 

Legal Pupils. 

Sec. 1027. Definition. The words "legal pupils" shall in- 
clude persons between the ages of five and eighteen years, but no 
person over five years of age shall be deprived of public school 
advantages on account of age. No child under five years of age 
shall be received into a public school except in a kindergarten ; and 
no child under seven years of age shall be received into a public 
school except a kindergarten after the beginning of the fall term, 
unless said child has the written permission of the town or union 
superintendent. 

Truant Officers. 

190°: No. 38, | i 6. Sec. 1028. Appointment. The board of school directors shall 

rsgl'^No 10 ^ ^ 2 annually appoint one or more truant officers and report such 
1870' No 7 i°3 § l appointments to the town clerk for record on or before the third 

day of July. The sheriff, deputy sheriffs, constables and police 

officers shall also be truant officers ex officio. 



1910, 


No. 


69, § 


1. 


1900, 


No. 


26, § 


1. 


1898, 


No. 


24, § 


1. 


V.S. § 709. 




1892, 


No. 


22, § 


1. 


1892, 


No. 


21, § 


1. 


1888, 


No. 


9,§ 


150. 


R. L. 


§ 675/ 




1870, 


Jo, 


11, § 


3. 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 37 

Attendance. 

Sec. 1029. Requirements. A person having the control of ai9io,No.69,§ 2. 
child between the ages of eight and sixteen years shall, unless such.1896,' No! 19; § 8. 

V. S. § 711. 

child is mentally or physically unable to so attend, or has already 1894, No. 26, § 1. 

• -i ,1 t / • , n i • ■> , ^ 1892, No. 22, § 3. 

acquired the branches required to be taught in the elementary 18S8, No. 9, § 153 
schools, or is otherwise being furnished with the same education, i867 - , No. 35, §§ 1,3 
cause such child to attend a public school continuously at least 
twenty-eight weeks in a year, and, if the school in which such child 
is a pupil is held for more than twenty-eight weeks, shall cause such 
child to continue in school, unless excused in writing by the board 
of school directors. 

NO. 69, ACTS OF 1910. 

Sec. 3. Attendance of child between seven and eight years of 
age. A person having control of a child between the ages of seven 
and eight years who allows said child to be enrolled in a public 
school shall cause said child to attend such school for the remainder 
of the term, and said person, teacher, child and truant officer shall 
be under the same laws and penalties that pertain to the attendance 
of children between the ages of eight and sixteen. 

Sec. 4. Furnishing age certificate. Any person having control of a 
child claiming exemption from the laws governing school attend- 
ance, on account of the age of such child, asking admission of 
such child upon a public school or seeking an employment certi- 
ficate for such child, shall, when required by the town or union 
superintendent, or by the school board of an incorporated district, 
furnish evidence of the age of such child. 

Sec. 1030. Same. If a person having the control of a child i908,?No. 43, § 1. 
over fifteen years of age allows such child to be enrolled as a 1904, No. 39, §'1 
pupil in a public school or in a school in which his tuition is paid 
at the public expense, he shall cause such child to attend such 
school regularly during the term for which he is enrolled, unless 
he is mentally or physically unable to continue or is excused in 
writing by the board of school directors. 

Sec. 1031. Clerk to furnish list of pupils. The clerk of thei906, No. 52, § 4. 
board of school directors shall, on or before the first day of each v. s.'§ 716.' 
term, provide the teacher of each school with a list containing the 1892! No! 22! § s! 
names and ages of all children required to attend such school 
during the ensuing term. 

Sec. 1032. Non-attendance, truant officer to be notified. 1906, No. 52, § 4. 
In case a child between the ages of eight and fifteen years fails to v. s.'§ 716.' 
enter such school at the beginning thereof, or, being enrolled, 1892! No'. 22! § s" 
fails to attend the same, or in case a child over fifteen years be- 
comes enrolled in a public school and fails to attend, the teacher 
shall forthwith notify the truant officer. 

Duties of Truant Officer. 
Sec. 1033. Non-attendance of pupils. Said truant officer 1908, No. 43, § 2. 

. . 1906, No. 52, § 4. 

shall, upon such notice, forthwith inquire into the cause of suchi904,No.39, § 2. 



38 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

v.s. § .716. child's non-attendance; and, if he finds that such child is required 

1892! No. 22, § 8. to attend school, he shall notify the person having such child 
under his control that such child is a truant, and also notify such 
person to cause such child to attend school regularly thereafter, 
and such notice shall be in writing; and if the truant officer shall 
find such child, he shall take him to school and place him in charge 
of the teacher thereof; and a truant officer may stop a child be- 
tween the ages of eight and fifteen years, or a child over fifteen 
years of age who has become enrolled in a school, wherever found 
during school hours, and take him to the school, public or private, 
which he should attend. When a person having charge and con- 
trol of a child states to the truant officer that the child is mentally 
or physically unable to attend school, and the truant officer 
believes or has reason to believe that such statement is false, 
he may request the health officer of the town or a competent 
physician to examine such child and report the facts to such 
officer, and the expense of such examination shall be paid from 
the school funds of the town. 
1906, No. 52, § 4. S EC . 1034. Complaints to be made, when. If a truant officer, 

1904, No. 39, § 2. . . ' 

V o s - i T 716 - . or an officer authorized to make arrests under this chapter, has 

1894, No. 26, § 3. . . . 

1892, No. 22, § 8. reason to believe that a person having control of a child has 
violated the provisions of this chapter, he shall forthwith enter 
a complaint to the town grand juror of the town in which said 
person resides, or to the state's attorney of the county, who shall 
prosecute said person. 

^vA 90 ^' § ,2 48 - Sec. 1035. Overseer of the poor to be notified. If a person 

1904, No. 40, § 1. * , r 

y.s. § 717 having the control of a child of school age notifies the truant 

1892! No. 22, § 9. officer that he is unable to provide such child with suitable clothing 
for school attendance, or if, upon inquiry into such child's non- 
attendance, said truant officer is satisfied that he is not properly 
clothed and that said person is unable to provide suitable clothing 
for him, he shall notify the overseer of the poor, who shall at once 
provide necessary clothing for such child. 
1908, No. 43, § 3. Sec. 1037. Complaints for non-attendance after notice. Upon 

1892, No. 22, § ii. such notice of the truant officer, if the person having control 
r._l.'| 671. _ of such child fails, without legal excuse, to cause such child to 

attend school regularly thereafter, the officer giving the notice 
shall forthwith enter a complaint to the town grand juror of the 
town in which said person resides, or to the state's attorney 
of the county, who shall prosecute said person, and said person 
shall be fined as provided in section 1043 of the Public Statutes. 

NO. 43, ACTS OF 1908. 

Sec. 4. Habitual Truant. Unless physically or mentally un- 
able to attend, or excused in writing by the board of school direc- 
tors or prudential committee, any child between the ages of eight 
and fifteen years and any child over fifteen years who has become 
enrolled in a public or private school, whose absence from school 



1870, No. 13, § 2. 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 39 

aggregates five days during any four consecutive weeks of school 
may be adjudged an habitual truant. 

Sec. 1038. Authority over non-resident pupils. A truant 1898, No. 25, § 2. 
officer of the town in which a, non-resident pupil is in attendance 
upon school shall have the same authority and jurisdiction over 
such non-resident pupil as in the case of resident pupils. 

Sec. 1039. Compensation. A person acting as truant officer v.' s. § 722. 
shall receive two dollars per day for time actually spent, unless 
otherwise provided, the same to be paid by the town or incorpo- 
rated school district. 

Complaints. 

Sec. 1040. Form. The complaint shall be sufficient if it 
states that the parent, master or guardian neglects to send hisjgajs, No 2 22, § 12. 
child, apprentice or ward (naming him) to school as required R 88 L'f672 § 161, 
bylaw. 6lvt. N 85. li§§3,4 - 

Penalties. 

Sec. 1041. Truancy and disobedience. A child enrolled 
in the public schools who is guilty of wilful and continued dis- 
obedience to school rules and regulations or laws, or whose con-iK^'Si 1. 
duct is pernicious and injurious to the school, or who is an habit- T^.N^lb, § 4. 
ual truant, may be sentenced to the Vermont industrial school 
for a period of not less than twenty-eight weeks. 

Sec. 1042. Neglect of duty by officers. A truant or other 
officer authorized to make arrests in the town, or an overseer of 
the poor, who refuses or neglects to carry out the provisions of v&'fti 9, § 9 ' 
this chapter, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, ill; No.' !?§ § i62. 

Sec. 1043. Generally; jurisdiction of courts. A person who 1886 ' N °' 25 ' 
violates a provision of this chapter shall, unless otherwise pro- 
vided, be fined not more than twenty-five dollars nor less than?906 9 ^No § 52? 5 §§ 4, 5. 
five dollars, which shall l:e paid to the town. Justices and liol; n£ II] f \\ 
municipal courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction with thev 89 f.' XVuAft, 718, 
county court of offenses arising under this chapter. n9 ' 721 ' 

Sec. 1044. Employment of children under sixteen years 
of age. A child under sixteen years of age who has not completed 
the course of study of nine years prepared for the elementary 1906,' No! 12,' f 1.' 
schools by the superintendent of education shall not, unless v^'^ni 55 ' § 2 ' 
excused in writing by the town or union superintendent of schools, ligll n°: 22,' S t 
or by the chairman of the prudential committee in the case ofEuu'feV!'. 8 154 ' 
an incorporated district, be employed in work connected with 1867, No ' 35 ' § 2 " 
railroading, mining, manufacturing or quarrying, or be employed 
in a hotel or bowling alley, or in delivering messages, except 
during vacations and before and after school, unless said child 
deposits with his employer a certificate from said superintendent, 
or chairman of the prudential committee, to the effect that he 
is eligible to employment in accordance with the provisions of 
this chapter; and no child under sixteen years of age shall be 
employed after eight o'clock at night in any of the occupations 
or industries herein enumerated. In case said child has been in 



40 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

attendance upon a private or parochial school, such superintend- 
ent or chairman of the prudential committee may examine said 
child for the purpose of determining his eligibility to employment 
in accordance with this section. 
i9io, No. 69, § 6. Sec. 1045. Town superintendent's duties. The town super- 

v. s.'{ 715. ' intendent, union superintendent, or the chairman of the pru- 

1892, No. 22, § 5. ' .... . 

1888, No. 9, § 155. dential committee, may inquire of the owner or superintendent 
of a mill, factory, quarry, workshop, hotel, bowling alley, or 
railroad office, shop or yards, as to the employment of children 
therein, may call for the production of certificates deposited with 
such owner or superintendent, and satisfy himself that the require- 
ments of law have been complied with. 
1910 No. 70 § i. Sec. 1046. Employment of children. No child under four- 

1904' No lisf § 3 i. teen years of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work 
for any railroad company or in, about or in connection with 
any mill, factory, quarry or workshop, wherein are employed 
exceeding ten persons. No child under the age of twelve years 
shall be employed by or permitted to work in, about or in connec- 
tion with any mill, factory, quarry, work shop, or in delivering 
messages for a corporation or company or in any mercantile 
establishment, store, business office, restaurant, bakery or hotel. 

NO. 70, ACTS OF 1910. 

Sec. 2. Kinds of employment. No child under the age of 
sixteen years shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work 
at any of the following occupations or in any of the following- 
positions: sewing machine belts in any workshop or factory, 
or assisting therein in any capacity whatever; adjusting any 
belt to any machinery; oiling, wiping or cleaning machinery or 
assisting therein; operating circular or band saws, wood shapers, 
wood jointers, planers, sandpaper or wood polishing machinery, 
picker machines, machines used in picking wool, machines used 
in picking cotton, machines used in picking hair, machines used 
in picking any upholstering material, paper-lacing machines, 
leather-burnishing machines, burnishing machines in any tannery 
or leather manufactory, job or cylinder printing presses operated 
by power other than foot power, emery or polishing wheels used 
for polishing metal, wood turning or boring machinery, stamping 
machines used in sheet metal and tinware manufacturing, stamp- 
ing machines in washer and nut factories, corrugating rolls, such 
as are used in roofing and washboard factories, steam boilers, 
steam machinery, or other steam generating apparatus, dough 
brakes, or cracker machineiy of any description, wood or iron 
straightening machinery, rolling mill machinery, punches or shears, 
washing, grinding or mixing mills, calendar rolls in rubber manu- 
facturing, or laundering machinery; preparing any composition 
in which dangerous or poisonous acids are used; manufacture of 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 41 

paints, colors or white lead; cigar factory, or other factory where 
tobacco is manufactured or prepared. 

Sec. 3. Women. Females under the age of eighteen years 
shall not be employed, permitted or suffered to work in any 
capacity where such employment compels them to remain stand- 
ing constantly. Every person who shall employ any female 
under the age of eighteen in any place or establishment mentioned 
in section one shall provide suitable seats, chairs or benches 
for the use of the females so employed, which shall be so placed 
as to be accessible to said employees; and shall permit the use 
of such seats, chairs or benches by them when they are not neces- 
sarily engaged in the active duties for which they are employed, 
and there shall be provided at least one chair to every three 
females. 

Sec. 4. Furnishing a certificate. An employer may, and 
upon written request of the town or city grand juror, the state's 
attorney or the attorney general, shall require the parent, guardian 
or custodian of any minor in his employ to sign and furnish a 
certificate showing when and where such minor was born. 

Sec. 5. No person having a minor under his control shall 
allow him to be employed after the certificate required by the 
preceding section has been requested by the employer, until 
the same has been furnished; and no employer shall after such 
certificate has been requested by any of the officers named in 
the preceding section, further employ such minor until the cer- 
tificate has been furnished and not afterward if it shall appear 
from such certificate that the further employment is in violation 
of this act or of chapter 50 of the Public Statutes. 

Sec. 6. Penalty. An employer who shall fail to comply 
forthwith with the request of any officer, as provided in the 
second preceding section, so far as he is able, or who shall further 
employ a minor child in violation of the last preceding section, 
shall be subject to the penalties provided by section 1048 of the 
Public Statutes, as amended by this act. 

Sec 7. The same. A parent, guardian or custodian of a 
minor child who shall make any false statement in any certificate 
required by the third preceding section shall be punished as pro- 
vided in section 1048 of the Public Statutes, as amended by this act. 

Sec, 1047. General prohibition. No person having a child 1904 - No - 15 5>§ 3. 
under his control shall allow him to be employed contrary to the 
provisions of this chapter. 

Sec. 1048. Penalty. A person who violates a provision of v 9 °s% N| n.4 55 ' § 3 ' 
chapter 50 of the Public Statutes or of this act shall be fined not i|| ; $0.22 §^ 
less than five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for each^„^-| T 67 3 ; t 

loo/ , JNO. 60, § 6. 

offense, and upon a second conviction, may be so fined or im- 1910 ' No - 70 >§ 8 - 
prisoned for not more than six months. 

Sec. 1049. Jurisdiction. County and municipal courts and v 90 s.'§ N 7iI 55, § 4 ' 
justices shall have concurrent jurisdiction of offenses under this 



42 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

chapter, and truant officers and all informing officers are author- 
ized to make complaints for violations of the same. 
v.s.§ 720. Sec. 1050. Complaints. A complaint for a violation of the 

1888! No! 9, § i6i! third preceding section shall be sufficient if it states that the per- 
1870, No. 13, §§ 3.4. son having a child under his control neglects to send said child 
(naming him) to school as required by law. 

CHAPTER 51. 

REGISTERS AND RETURNS. 

V scp N 72 ^i 5 8 ^ec. 1051. Superintendent of education to prescribe blank 

i88s!no.9, § 188. forms. The superintendent of education shall prescribe blank 
1878, No. ii7, §6. forms for a school register for keeping a record of the daily at- 

1874, No. 33, § 4. to ... . . 

H'iS ; 1 ?™ 2 ' tendance of pupils, and containing printed interrogatories for 

G. S. 22, § iuy. m ... • . 

1858, No. i, § 7. procuring the statistical information required to be given by 
teachers and school officers, and for procuring such other infor- 
mation as he deems desirable. 
i9io. No. 65, § 17. g EC 1052. Town clerk to be supplied with. Said superintend- 

1892. No. 2i, §9. en t shall annually, in the month of June, transmit to the town 
R - L t 61 o 7 !; * a ! clerks a sufficient number of such registers to supply the schools 

1874, No. 33, § 4.] ° p ^ 97 

1872, No. is, § 2. m their respective towns, who shall receipt therefor, isss, No i, § 7. 
v. s. § 725. Sec. 1053. Teachers to procure and keep. A teacher before 

1892, No. 21, § 11. ■ . r -iii/-, 

1888, No. 9, §191. commencing school shall procure a register from the clerk of the 

18S6, No. 33, § 3. ° . l . . 

r. l. § 620. board of school directors, keep therein, in the prescribed form, a 

1878, No. 117, § 1. ..." 

1865, No. 30. record of the daily attendance of each pupil, enter therein correct 

1864, No. 58. . J i 

g. s. 22, § no. answers to the interrogatories addressed to the teachers, and return 

1858, No. 1, §8. # ° ' 

50 vt. 30. such register to said clerk, at the end of each term, the final 

63 Vt. 647. fo ' ' 

return to be on or before the first day of April. 
v 9 °s 8 '§ N 7i6 45 ' § 22 ' Sec - 1054 - Clerk t0 examine. Said clerk shall examine the 
liii'No.'fuf i9i, register; and, if it is filled out and properly certified to by the 
r/l 2 § 62i. teacher, he shall give a certificate to that effect; and the teacher 

il65No'3o! shall not be entitled to compensation for the last four weeks of 

g. s. 22, § no. teaching except on presentation of such certificate. 

?s'96 90 No § i9 6 §' 7. Sec. 1055. Clerk to answer interrogatories and file. Said 

1892' No 2 Ii § 13 clerk, upon the final return to him of the register, shall enter 
r 8 l f 622' § 193 ' therein correct answers to the interrogatories to be answered by 
1864' No 58 7 ' § 1 ' nmi > the name of the teacher of the school during the year for 
lkls NoV«°8 which such register was kept, the date and character of such 

i9io, No 65, § is. teacher's certificate, and certify to the correctness of such entry; 
and said clerk shall file the register so completed in the office of 
the town clerk, on or before the first day of July. 

Penalties. 

r, 1906, § 1014. Sec. 1056. False certificate or answers. A clerk of a board 

i888, § No 5 9, § 240. °f school directors who knowingly makes a false certificate as 
to the date or character of a teacher's certificate or who knowingly 
makes false answers to the interrogatories contained in the school 
register shall forfeit to the town one hundred dollars, to be recov- 
ered in an action on this statute. 



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Returns. 

1910, No. 65, § 19. 
V. S. § 730. 

Sec. 1057. Town clerk to make. The town clerk shall annually, 1892. No. 21, § 15. 

.1888, No. 9, § 197. 

on or before the tenth day of July, or at such time as the superm-R- l. § 627. 

. J 1 • 1 1874, No. 33, § 5. 

tendent of education directs, make out and return to him suchG. s.22, § 112. 

. . . . . 1858, No. i,§ 2. 

statistics as he requires, upon blanks furnished by said superm-1856, No. 5, § 4. 

,,',,., 1849 - No - 14 > § 16 - 

tendent, who shall receipt therefor. 1847, No. 24, § 6. 

Sec. 1058. Principals to make. The trustees of incorporated 1910, No. 65, § 20. 

schools shall cause their principals to return to the superintendent 1892, No. 21, § 16. 

. ii n 1888, No. 9, § 198. 

of education, on or before the tenth day of July, annually, answers R- L- § 628. 

, • • 1 • ■• 11 1 1 1-1 • ! 1874 ' N °- 33 > § 6 - 

to the statistical inquiries addressed to them by said superintendent, g. s. 22, § 113. 

^ J l 1858, No. 1, § 13. 

Fees. 
Sec. 1059. Allowed to town clerk. For services rendered v. s. § 732 

• 1 , 1 • 1 i i 11 ,- i 1892, No. 21, § 17. 

as required by this chapter, a town clerk shall receive from the isss, No. 9, § 199. 
town treasurer three cents for each legal pupil in the town; but 
such compensation shall not be more than twenty dollars nor less 
than three dollars. 

CHAPTER 52. 
SCHOOL TAXES AND SCHOOL MONEYS. 

Sec. 1060. Grand list. The grand list of a town school dis-^- § N 733 ^ „ 18 
trict shall be made up of the ratable polls and real and personal r 88 l ' k N 6 3 o § 200 ' 
estate therein. 

Sec. 1061. Appropriation. A town shall annually appropriate ^ 90 g 6 ' § N ^35,§ 2. 

for school purposes a sum not less than one-fifth of the grand listj|||'*[°^ 20 ^ § s 4, 136 
of the town school district, and the selectmen shall assess a tax to R ^ 7 : 601 
meet such appropriation. 187 °- No - 10 - 5 8 - 

Sec. 1062. Town treasurer to keep separate account. The^s. §^735.^ ^ 
town treasurer shall keep a separate account of the moneys appro- ff^'Feb?' § 13T " 
priated or given for the use of schools, and shall pay out of such 1870 ' No - 10 -§ 8 - 
moneys orders drawn by the board of school directors for school 
purposes. 

Sec. 1063. Income of permanent public school fund. Said 1906 - No - 54 '§ 16 - 
treasurer shall give credit in his account of the school fund for 
sums received by the town from the income of the permanent public 
school fund. 

Sec. 1064. Report by town treasurer. Said treasurer snan Y8f4 § No 5 230 s 4 
report at each annual town meeting the amount of moneys received 
for school purposes, the source from which received, and how the 
same has been divided and paid. 

United States Deposit Money. 

Sec. 1065. State treasurer to receive. The state treasurer shall 1910, No. 71, § 1. 
receive moneys belonging to the United States to be deposited 1888, No 9,'§ 210. 



44 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

r. l. § 639. with this state and give a certificate of deposit for the same accord- 

G. S. 22 t § 91* . 

%S- i T 8, § J 2 ; , m £ to law. Such moneys shall be apportioned to the several 

1836, JNo. 15, § 1. . . 

towns, unorganized towns and gores, in proportion to the number 
of inhabitants in each. When a census is taken under the laws 
of congress or of this state, a new apportionment shall be made. If 
upon such new apportionment it appears that 'a town has more 
than its share, the state treasurer shall demand and recover from 
such town such excess; but if a town has less than its share, the 
deficiency shall be retained by the state treasurer and kept intact 
as a part of the principal of the permanent school fund. 

i88l' § No 3 9'§ 214 ^ EC - 1066 * Trustees of public money to give bond. The 

g* s" i^ 6 ! 1*97 9S trustees of public money shall, before entering upon the duties 

i84|,No.i3, 8 § 2. f their office, execute a bond to the town, with at least three 

1836, No. is, § 2. sufficient sureties, in such sum as the selectmen direct, conditioned 

for the faithful performance of their duties in loaning, managing, 

accounting for and paying over, as may be required by law, the 

moneys placed in their charge. If a trustee fails to execute such 

bond, his office shall be vacant, and such vacancy may be filled 

as vacancies in other town offices. 

1906, No. 54, § 17. Sec. 1067. Trustees to manage and report. Said trustees 

V. S. § 740. x . 

1888, No.9, § 213. shall manage such money and report the condition of the same at 

R. L. § 642. ° . x 

g. s. 22, §§ 95, 99. each annual town meeting. R. s. is, § 49. 1837, No. 12, § 3. is.36, No. 15, § 3. 

1842, No. 13, § 1. b 

v. s. § 745. Sec. 1068. Towns accountable. If a town has received 

PML.'f 648 219- its portion of deposit money, it shall be accountable for the same 
R.l'.if't 50°' when required by the state treasurer on requisition of the United 

States, or for the purpose of a new apportionment, as a town is 

accountable for state taxes. 



1836, No. 15, § 2. 



R-1906 § 985. Sec. 1069. Penalty for neglect by towns. If a town fails 

V. o. § 746. # 

1888, N0.9, § 220. to comply with the provisions of the three preceding sections 

R. L. § 649. . ... 

S-'^?o*l 12 7 - relative to the management or disposition of the United States 

K. S. 18, § 56. . 

1836, No. 15, § 7. moneys received by such town, it shall forfeit to the county 
treasurer, for the use of such county, a sum not exceeding double 
the amount of the interest on such moneys, to be recovered in an 
action on this statute. 

v. s. § 747. Sec. 1070. Grand jury's duties. The grand iury shall inquire 

1888, No. 9, § 221. 1 1 V 1 f n , 

r. l. § 650. how the towns have managed and disposed 01 the money so depos- 

C 1 ^ 99 & 1 0R ox j ir 

r'. s'. is, § 57.' ited with them and the annual interest thereof; and, if a town has 

1836, No. 15, § 7. .. . . . , , , ,. 

not complied with the provisions 01 the tour preceding sections rela- 
tive to such deposit money, it shall present to the court its indict- 
ment therefor against the town; and the clerk shall give twenty 
days' notice thereof to such town, which shall be served as a writ 
of summons. 

i88 S 8, No 4 9 - § 222 ^ EC * ^l. State treasurer to adjust accounts. The state 

fs6^',No 5 39 § 2 treasurer, in the collection of the United States deposit money 

loaned by former treasurers, shall adjust and settle the same as 

is for the interest of the state. 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 45 

Permanent Public School Fund. 

Sec. 1072. How constituted. The sum of two hundred and 1906 - No - 54, § 1 - 
forty thousand dollars returned by the national government to 
the state in settlement of the civil war claims, the Huntington 
fund, the United States deposit money and such other additions 
as may be made to the fund hereby established shall be held intact 
and in reserve as a permanent public school fund. 

Trustees of Permanent School Fund. 

Sec. 1073. How constituted ; duties. The governor, lieutenant- 1906, No - 54 > § 2 - 
governor, state treasurer and superintendent of education, ex- 
ofhcio, and three persons to be appointed biennially by the gov- 
ernor, whose term of office shall continue until the first day of Nov- 
ember of the next biennial year and until their successors are ap- 
pointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the governor, shall 
constitute a board to be known as trustees of permanent school 
fund. Said trustees shall invest the permanent public school fund 
in the following named securities only : United States bonds, state 
bonds, bonds of cities and school districts located in the United 
States excluding territories, and having a population of over twenty 
thousand, and bonds of towns, cities and villages in this state 
whose total indebtedness does not exceed five times the amount 
of the grand list. Said board may receive gifts, bequests or 
additions to such permanent public school fund; and all purchases 
and sales of securities shall be made by, and all securities shall be 
taken in the name of, and so far as possible made payable to, the 
trustees of permanent school fund. 

Sec. 1074. Organization ; meetings. Said trustees shall organ- 1906 - No.54, § 3. 
ize by the election of a chairman, secretary and a committee on 
finance of three members, of which the secretary shall be one, at a 
meeting to be held in the executive chamber of the state capitol 
at two o'clock in the afternoonon the second Tuesday of November 
in each biennial year, or at an adjournment thereof, or at a special 
meeting duly called if the organization is not then completed. 
Regular meetings of the board shall be held at such times and 
places as the members by vote determine. On the request of any 
two members of the board, the secretary shall call a special meeting 
thereof by notice in writing mailed to each member at least three 
days before such meeting, but the board may act without notice 
of a special meeting when all are present. 

Sec. 1075. Committee on finance; duties. The committee 1906 > No - 54 > § 4 - 
on finance shall, by unanimous action, make all investments 
of the permanent public school fund and designate depositories 
therefor, and, in the name of the trustees, shall execute all checks, 
transfers or releases of securities and do all things necessary to the 
proper management of the assets and income of such fund. 



46 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

1906, No. 54, § 5. Sec. 1076. Compensation. The trustees shall receive no 

compensation for their services, but shall be paid their necessary 
expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. 

1906, No. 54, § 6. Sec. 1077. Vacancies ; secretary, duties of. Vacancies among 

the trustees appointed shall be filled by the governor, and vacancies 
in the officers of the board shall be filled by the members at a 
regular meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose. 
The secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board 
and of the committee on finance, recording in detail the proceedings 
of said committee relating to investments, income and disburse- 
ments and the management of the permanent public school 
fund. 

1906, No. 54, § 7. g EC 1078. Huntington fund. On such part of the remainder 

of the Huntington fund heretofore converted to the use of the state 
as shall not have been, at the time of the distribution of the income 
from the permanent public school fund in each year, paid over to 
the trustees of permanent school fund as hereinafter provided, six 
percent interest shall annually be segregated by the state treasurer 
as a part of the income of the permanent public school fund, and 
such interest shall be distributed like the other income from such 
fund; and, whenever at the end of any fiscal year there is a surplus 
in the state treasury over and above the liabilities of the state, such 
part of such surplus shall be paid over to the trustees of permanent 
school fund as the trustees of such fund may determine at a meet- 
ing to be called for that purpose, until an amount equal to that 
part of the Huntington fund heretofore converted into cash 
by the state treasurer shall have been so transferred. 

1906, No. 54, § 8. Sec. 1079. United States deposit money. The United States 

deposit money held in the state treasury for towns which have 
not elected trustees of public money and for unorganized towns 
and gores, together with three percent interest thereon since 
the last distribution, shall be turned over to the trustees of 
permanent school fund at their request and before the distri- 
bution of the state school tax in nineteen hundred and seven, the 
principal sum for investment as a part of the permanent public 
school fund, and the amount of three percent interest for dis- 
tribution with the other income from the permanent public 
school fund. 

1906, No. 54, § 9. Sec. 1080. Same. The trustees of public money of each 

town shall, on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred 
and seven, collect and pay over the United States deposit money 
heretofore apportioned to it, to the state treasurer for the trus- 
tees of permanent school fund, except where such money was, 
on December fourteenth, nineteen hundred and six, loaned to 
the town to which it was apportioned; in which case, the trus- 
tees of public money may continue annually to loan such money 
to such town, with interest at five percent per annum, until such 
time as said trustees see fit to collect the same, when it shall 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 47 

immediately be turned over to the state treasurer for the trus- 
tees of permanent school fund. 

Sec. 1081. Same. The income from the United States^, No. 54, § 10. 
deposit money, in those towns where such fund is loaned to the 
town to which it has been apportioned, shall annually, on or 
before the tenth day of June, so long as such loan remains un- 
collected, be paid over by the trustees of public money to the 
state treasurer for the trustees of permanent school fund for 
distribution with the other income from such permanent public 
school fund. 

Sec. 1082. Failure to pay United States deposit money; for-i906.No. 54, § 11. 
feiture. If in any town the trustees of public money fail to 
collect and pay to the state treasurer for the trustees of per- 
manent school fund such town's share of the United States 
deposit money as is not already loaned to the town to which it 
has been apportioned within the time limited therefor, or if, in 
any town where its share of United States deposit money is 
already loaned to it, the trustees of public money fail to pay, 
within the time limited therefor, annually, the five percent in- 
come derived therefrom, then, in either such event, the income 
from the permanent public school fund and the state school tax 
which would otherwise thereafter be payable to such town shall 
be forfeited to the state and added to the principal of the per- 
manent public school fund; and such forfeiture shall thereafter 
be made from year to year, until such town has paid to the 
state treasurer for the trustees of permanent school fund, all 
sums in arrears, with interest thereon at the rate of six percent 
per annum. 

Sec. 1083. Accountable for United States deposit money. 1906, No. 54, § 12. 
The trustees of permanent school fund shall be accountable for 
such part of the United States deposit money as is held by them, 
when required by the state treasurer on requisition of the United 
States. 

Distribution of Permanent Public School Fund. 

Sec. 1084. Income, how distributed. The income only fromi906,No. 54, § 13. 
the permanent public school fund shall be covered into the 
state treasury, fifteen thousand dollars of which shall annually 
be divided among the towns, cities and unorganized towns and 
gores entitled thereto, in the same manner as the forty-five 
thousand dollar reserve fund is divided; and the remaining 
portion of the income shall be divided by the state treasurer, 
among the towns, cities and unorganized towns and gores, ac- 
cording to the number of legal schools maintained the preced- 
ing year; and such division shall be made at the same time the 
moneys derived from the state school tax are divided. The 
income thus distributed shall be used solely for the support 
of public schools, and shall, in unorganized towns and gores, 



48 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

be divided equally between the several school districts which 
have maintained a legal school the preceding year, and in towns 
having a district incorporated by a special act of the general 
assembly, as is provided for the division in such towns of money 
received from the state school tax. 

Report. 

1906, No. 54, § 14. Sec. 1085. Trustees to make. The trustees of permanent 

school fund shall present to the general assembly, on the first 
day of each biennial session, a report of their official acts, show- 
ing the amount and condition of such fund and the securities 
in which it is invested and the amount and distribution of its 
income. 

Audit of Permanent Public School Fund. 

1906, No. 54, § is. Sec. 1086. Auditor of accounts and bank commissioner to 
make. The auditor of accounts and bank commissioner shall 
annually audit the accounts of the trustees of permanent school 
fund and the accounts of the state treasurer in connection with 
such fund, examine the securities on hand and certify to the 
correctness of their transactions and the condition of the fund; 
and such certificate shall be included in the report of the state 
treasurer. 

Town School Fund. 

v. s. § 754. Sec. 1087. Duties of selectmen. The selectmen of a town 

1888, No. 9, § 223. .... , „ , . , . , , 

r. l. § 652. shall have charge ot the real and personal estate appropriated 

1878, No. 110, § 1. . rill- , ! • -fiii 

g.s.22, § 78. to the use ot schools therein, unless otherwise provided by law, 

R. S. 18, § 27. . . . 

1827, No. 23, § 3. or unless the person giving a part thereof directs the same to 

be managed in some other way, and annually render an account 

to the town; and the selectmen shall lease such lands and loan 

such moneys on annual or semi-annual interest, upon sufficient 

real estate or personal security, in the state. 

i88 S 8 § No 5 g' 224 ^ EC> 1088 - Same. The securities for the payment of the 

?878 No 5 no « i moneys so loaned and the interest thereon shall be taken in the 

§"l"^o*l !?• name of the town; and the selectmen mav, in the name of the 

K.O. 18,5 2(. ' " 

town, prosecute and defend actions for the recovery or protec- 
tion of the estate so intrusted to their care. If the title or pos- 
session of real estate mortgaged or deeded as security is recov- 
ered in such action, the selectmen may, in the name of the town, 
lease or sell and convey such real estate, and invest the moneys 
received therefrom as provided in the preceding section. 
1888 No 5 9's 225 ^ EC< 1089 - Acknowledgements. A person authorized may 

fsh No 5 no «~2 take ^ e acknowledgement of a deed provided for in the two 
preceding sections, or may sign such deed as witness, although 
he is an inhabitant and taxpayer of the town. 



VERMONT SCHOOL. CODE. 49 

Sec. 1090. Securities and moneys. The securities belong- V g 8 | § N ^; § 226 . 
ing to the town school fund shall be deposited in the office o f g;|'| 2i 6 ^ 9 . 
the town treasurer, and moneys received on account of the sameR-S. is, § 28. 
shall be paid into such treasury, and a separate account thereof, 
shall be kept on the books of the treasurer. 

State School Tax. 

. , „ . t , , ,i i , 1900, No. 30, § 1. 

Sec. 1091. Assessment. A tax of eight cents on the doi-v. s. § 758. 

i „ , t , j. j.i x 1890, No. 6, § 1. 

lar shall be annually assessed upon the grand list for the support 
of public schools. 

Sec. 1092. Apportionment. The state treasurer shall ap- 
portion such tax to the several towns, unorganized towns and 
sores, according to their respective grand lists as shown by thev.s.^A^W 

?. , • ,i i T £ j. x c i.-u U 1890, No. 6, §§2, 4. 

list prepared annually by the secretary of state from the ab- 
stracts of the grand list of such towns, unorganized towns and 
gores, which are required to be returned to his office, and shall 
annually, on or before the last day of December, make out and 
transmit to each town treasurer and to the collector of taxes 
for unorganized towns and gores, a notice of the amount so ap- 
portioned and that the same must be paid into the state treas- 
ury on or before the tenth day of June following, and also issue 
and transmit at the same time, to said collector, a warrant for the 
collection of such tax. 

Sec. 1093. Payment. The town or city treasurer shall, 
upon receipt of such notice, transmit the same to the selectmen lgg6i No 23j § 2 
or mayor, who shall draw an order on the town or city treasurer ^8^760.^ g 
for the amount of such tax; and the treasurer shall pay the 
same into the state treasury out of any money belonging to the 
town or city. If the funds in the hands of such town or city 
treasurer are not sufficient to pay the tax, the selectmen or mayor 
shall borrow the necessary amount upon orders. The commis- 
sioner of taxes for unorganized towns and gores shall, upon 
receipt of such notice and warrant, assess a tax for the amount 
specified therein and cause the same to be collected in the manner 
prescribed by law and paid into the state treasury according to 
such notice and warrant. 

Sec. 1094. Town clerk to certify as to number of legal schools. 
A town clerk shall annually, on or before the tenth day of July, 1Q1Q ^ No 65 g 21 
furnish the superintendent of education, on a blank to be furnished J^y^Jf, s lm 
by said superintendent for that purpose, a certified statement 
of the number of legal schools maintained during the preceding- 
year in his town; and said superintendent shall forthwith transmit 
such statement to the state treasurer. A town shall not be 
entitled to its share of the tax assessed in the third preceding 
section, if its clerk fails to comply with the provisions of this section. 
NO. 72, ACTS OF 1910. 

Sec. 1. Close of School by Health Officer. If at any time a 
town has not maintained a legal school or schools the number of 



50 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

weeks required by law to constitute a legal school, by reason of a 
school or, schools having been closed by the health officer on ac- 
count of a contagious disease, it shall not be denied its share of 
public school money. 
r. < M?5 4 i 7 6o S 6 1, Sec. 1095. Distribution. The state board of education shall 

1902' No' 30 I 1' annually, in the month of June, apportion the money in the state 
1892' No 7 'lo § 1 treasury received on such tax in the following manner : in order to 
1I90 No' ! I'§ 6' equalize school taxes and afford equal school privileges, forty-five 

• thousand dollars shall be reserved and, in its discretion, shall be 

apportioned by said board among the towns, unorganized towns 
and gores, which have actually expended, in addition to all other 
school moneys, at least fifty cents on the dollar of the grand 
list for school purposes, not including new buildings. The 
remaining portion of the income received on such tax shall, 
at the same time, be apportioned by said board among the towns, 
unorganized towns and gores, in proportion to the number of 
legal schools maintained in each during the preceding school 
year, but any town maintaining only one school shall not for- 
feit its share in such apportionment because the average daily 
attendance of such school is below six for twenty-eight con- 
secutive weeks. Upon completion of the apportionments herein 
provided for, said board shall forthwith furnish the state treas- 
urer a certified copy of the same. In unorganized towns and 
gores, the moneys received from the state on the division of 
revenues according to number of legal schools shall be divided 
equally among the several school districts which have main- 
tained legal schools during the preceding school year. 
t> ,™* * ,™-, Sec. 1096. Board of distribution. Said treasurer shall, an- 

±v. 190o, g 1UO/. 

1902' No 30 I 2 nually, on or before the tenth day of July, divide the money m 
1908, No. 47, § 2. the state treasury received on such tax according to the appor- 
tionments made by said board, and, after approval by the auditor 
of accounts, shall transmit the same to the treasurers of the 
respective towns who shall credit such apportionments to the 
school funds of the town. 

Legal Schools. 

iRno.^S'/i 4 ' Sec - 1097 - Definition. A legal school for the purposes of 

Isii, No 6 io, § 2. this chapter shall be one which, during the preceding school 
year, has been maintained for at least twenty-eight weeks, dur- 
ing which time the average daily attendance of pupils has been 
not less than six, and which has been taught by a duly qualified 
teacher whose register has been kept and returned as required 
by law. 

Division of Public Money between Town and Incorporated District. 

iS No. 4 i9, § § 3 i. Sec. 1098. How made. For the purposes of this act a district 

v 89 |; ^ S4I 0, § 7 - incorporated by special act of the general assembly shall be 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 51 

considered a town, but such district shall not be entitled to itsi892 t No. 20, § 1. 

. . 1890, No. 5, § 2. 

portion of the state school tax until its school board has fur-1888, No. 9, §§ 141, 

r . 233,235. 

nished to the state treasurer the name of the treasurer of suchi886, No. 24. 

1884, No. 29. 

district. Provided an incorporated school district, or part ofR»L-§§ 661,662. 

.... r i 1880 ' No - 94 > §§ 5 - 6 - 

such a district, exists 111 any town, all revenue from bequests, 1876, No. 51. 

. . ... 1874, No. 40, § 1. 

funds or public lands, not otherwise specifically disposed of byi866,No. 9, § 1. 
will, grant or act of legislature, but devoted to the public schoolsG. s.22, § 83. 

' to . . i860, No. 5. 

of such towns, shall be divided by the selectmen, on or beforei858, No. 1, §§ 5, 6. 

' J ' . . R. S. 18, § 32. 

September first, annually, between the town school district 1827, No. 23, § 9. 

... ' .. . R. 1797, pp. 493, 497, 

and the incorporated school district according to the number §§i,7. 

... 7 1795, p. 10, § 3. 

of legal schools maintained m each, and the portion of the revenueR- 1787, p. 136. 

received by each district shall be credited to the school funds 

of such district. 

NO. 47, ACTS OF 1910. 

Sec. ^Transportation of High School Students. In all cases of trans- 
portation of elementary pupils, high school students may have the 
privilege of transportation on conveyances furnished elementary 
pupils, and, in the distribution of state aid for transportation, 
no deduction shall be made in the amount due a town on account of 
transportation furnished high school students under this section. 

Statements. 

Sec. 1100. By prudential committee. The prudential com-R 9 A°906, o § 6 iou. 22 ' 
mittee of an incorporated school district shall annually, on or v 89 f.' §^850°' 
before the thirtieth day of June, return to the town clerk, or inifff' No. 9, § 237. 
case of a district in an unorganized, town or gore, to the super- 
intendent of education, an itemized statement under oath of 
the actual cash expenditures of the district for school purposes 
during the preceding year; and no district shall be entitled to 
receive any portion of its school money, unless such returns 
are made. 

Sec. 1101. By selectmen. The selectmen shall annually.910, No. 65, § 23. 
in the month of July, after they have made the division of theisss", No. 9,'§ 244. 
public money as provided in the third preceding section, lodgeG!s.22, § 85. 
with the town clerk a written statement of the amount so divided. 

Forfeitures. 

Sec. 1102. By officers. A school director or a prudential v. s. §«853.i 

J . r 1888,1No. 9, § 240. 

committee who knowingly makes a false statement of the amount 
expended for schools, or a selectman who knowingly distributes 
public money to an incorporated school district not entitled 
thereto, shall forfeit to the town one hundred dollars, to be re- 
covered in an action on this statute. 



Miscellaneous. 

es to investigg 
annually inquire whether towns in their counties have appro-i884;No.26"§ 3 



Sec. 1103. Grand juries to investigate. Grand juries shall y/s. § N 765. ' ^ 



52 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

r. l. § 660. priated and expended the required sum for the support of schools 

C* S 2^ § S9 

r'. s. is, § 36. as provided in this chapter; and, in case of neglect, they shall 

1827, No. 23, § 18. ^ ... , , ' 

1821, p. 90, § i. present their indictment thereof to the court. 

v. s. §766. Sec. 1104. Town superintendents to make inquiries. The 

1890, No. 5, §2. r /* 

1888, No. 9, § 232. town superintendent ot schools shall ascertain whether the re- 
quirements of this chapter relating to the appropriation and 
expenditure of moneys from the town treasury for the support 
of schools are complied with; and, in case of a non-compliance, 
he shall bring the matter to the attention of the state's attorney 
or grand jury. 

CHAPTER 53. 

TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. 



R/1906, § 1017. 



Sec. 1105. Towns to furnish. The board of school direc- 
1896,' No! 19,' § li. tors shall provide and furnish, at the expense of the town, all 
i894',No 69 i3, § i. appliances, supplies and text-books used in the studies enum- 
1878, No. 1 ^, § 9. erated in section one thousand and three, and may provide and 
furnish text-books used in the studies enumerated in section one 
thousand and sixteen, to be paid for by order of said board. 
r. 1906, § lois. Sec. 1106. Regulations. Said board shall make such rules 

1894 j*No?'i3, § 2. an d regulations as it deems proper for the care and custody of 
appliances, supplies and text-books purchased, and shall loan 
appliances and text-books free of charge to resident pupils, and 
may sell such text-books at cost to persons having the control 
of pupils. 
r. 1906, § 1019. Sec. 1107. Damages to. When a pupil loses, destroys or 

1894, No. 13, § 3. unnecessarily injures a book or appliance loaned to him, he, or 
the person having him under control, shall pay such loss or dam- 
age to the satisfaction of the board of school directors within a 
reasonable time after written notice from it; otherwise said 
board shall report such loss or damage to the selectmen of the 
town, or the proper officers of the incorporated school district, 
who shall include in the next town or district tax of said person 
the value of such book or appliance. For neglect to comply 
with the provisions of this section, the board of school directors 
shall be liable for such loss or damage in an action of general 
assumpsit in the name of such town or incorporated school district. 
1898, No. 27, § 2. Sec. 1108. Selection. The board of school directors and 

1894, No'.' 13, § 5. the town superintendent shall select the text-books to be used 

}«io' ^°' ?o Ch - 10 - in +nn rmhlin anhnnk 1866 - N °- 2 - l849 ' No - 14 ' * 5. 

1882, No. i9. in tne puonc scnoois. G s 22 , 7 1845i No . 37> § 5 . 

i«~« § v i<>., RR , a 1874, No. 33. § 1. 1862, No'. S. 1833, No. 19, § 1. 

1878, No. 122, §§ 1-4. 1872, No. 14. 1858, No. 1, § 11. 1827, No. 23, § 4. 

v. s. § 778. Sec. 1109. Penalty. The superintendent of education, an 

1888, No. 9, § 187. » , , , , , , .• 

1884, No. 36, § i. examiner of teachers, a town supennendent, a teacher in a public 
school, or any other person officially connected with the direction 
of such school, shall not, directly or indirectly, receive any gratuity 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 53 

or compensation for recommending or procuring the adoption of a 
school book, the purchase of school apparatus, furniture or other 
supplies to be used in a public school. A person who violates a 
provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred 
dollars nor less than twenty-five dollars. 

CHAPTER 54. 

TAKING LAND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. 

Sec. 1110. Duties of selectmen. When the location of a^slffii, § 259. 
school house is determined and lands for such school house and f8 7 8; § No 34 ii2, §§ 2, 3. 
grounds are needed, or when a town or district votes to purchased S^«j n'*; .us. 
additional lands for school purposes, if the owner refuses to ig»: No.' 33. § ^ 
convey the same to such town or district for a reasonable price, 33 vt.27'1. 
the selectmen of the town, or the selectmen of a town adjoining 
an unorganized town or gore in which such district is located, 
shall, on the application of the board of school directors or the 
prudential committee, set out the necessary lands and cause 
the same to be surveyed, and shall appoint a time and place for 
hearing and give notice thereof to the persons interested, either 
personally or by written notice left at the residence of the owner 
or occupant of such lands, and, at such hearing, shall ascertain 
the damages sustained by said interested persons; and the damages 
agreed upon or assessed shall be paid or tendered to said persons 
before taking possession of the lands. 

Sec. 1111. Same. When the selectmen decide to take l-ands,}^^|- |§2a0i 
they shall, in their order for that purpose, fix a time and notify fsys, No 35 ii2, §§ 4, 5. 
the owner or occupant thereof, within which he shall remove 43 vt - 362 - 
his buildings, fences, timber, wood or trees, which, in the case 
of enclosed or improved lands, shall not, without the consent 
of the owner, be less than three months, nor until compensation 
for damages to such land is tendered or paid; and, if they are 
not removed within such time, the selectmen shall remove them 
at the expense of the town or district. 

Sec. 1112. Orders, proceedings and survey to be recorded, y^yu^^ 
Orders and proceedings of the selectmen, under the provisions RjLJjkj ii 2 ,§ 6 . 
of the two preceding sections, with the survey of the land taken, ^^j'^lof sV^i- 
shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the town in which 1857,' No'. 58, § 1. 
the land lies, or, if in an unorganized town or gore, in the county 
clerk's office. 

Sec. 1113. Reference of question of damages. If the ownery^i^ § 262. 
of such land does not accept the damages awarded by the select -g;^'| 2 M § 7 i' 16 . 
men, the school directors or prudential committee of such town }||?;5}°;|^ s \ 
or district may agree with him to refer the question of damages 
to one or more disinterested persons, whose award shall be made 
in writing and shall be final. 



54 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

1904, No. 46, § i. Sec. 1114. Petition to county court; appointment of com- 

V S $ 816- 

1888, No. 9, § 263. missioners. If a person interested in such land is dissatisfied 
c's'22, §117. with the action of the selectmen in locating and setting it out or 

185?; No! 58, §4. with the damages awarded by them, he may apply by petition to 
the county court at its next stated term, if there is sufficient time 
for notice, and if not, to the succeeding term; and any number 
of persons aggrieved may join in the petition. The petition, 
with a citation, shall be served on the clerk of the town or school 
district, at least twelve days before the session of the court; and 
the court shall appoint three disinterested commissioners, who 
shall inquire into the necessity for locating and setting out such 
land and as to the amount of damages sustained by the persons 
interested therein. 
1904 No. 46, §2. Sec. 1115. Hearing. The commissioners shall give six days' 

Isii No! L 9, § 264. notice to such clerk and to the petitioners of the time and place 
gTs'IJ f§ 9 iis°ii 9 > °f nearm g; and, when they have completed their inquiries, they 
1I57' n£: tsf |§ 5 5?6 shall report to the court; and, upon hearing, the court may 
accept or reject the report, in whole or in part, may make such 
orders as are necessary for locating and setting out such land 
and for the removal of obstructions thereon, may render judg- 
ment for the petitioners for such damages as they have severally 
sustained, may tax costs for either party and may award execu- 
tion in the premises, 
v.'s. §'8is. Sec. 1116. Notice to mortgagee or assignee. If lands so 

r^l.' § N 54i 9 ' required by a town or district are encumbered by mortgage, such 

liii, N0.10. ' town or district shall cause the same notice to be given to the 

mortgagee or assignee of the mortgage as is required to be given 
to the owner; and the damages agreed upon, or otherwise deter- 
mined, as specified in this chapter, shall be paid to the mort- 
gagee or assignee; but if the sum due on the mortgage is less 
than the damages awarded, the amount due on the mortgage 
shall be paid to the holder and the balance to the owner, 
v. s. §819. Sec. 1117. Title, when to vest. When the damages finally 

r. l.'§ 542.' awarded for lands so taken by a town or district are paid to the 

G S 22 § 120. . 

1861, No. 10./ person entitled thereto, title to such lands shall vest in the town 

or district for the purposes aforesaid. 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 55 



PART II. 

SPECIAL PROVISIONS. 

CHAPTER 55. 

SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN UNORGANIZED TOWNS AND GORES. 

Organization. 

Sec. 1118. Duties of selectmen. The selectmen of a town, R.i906,§ 1030. 
on application of three voters in an adjoining unorganized town i8^>2, No. 20, § 1. 
or gore, may divide such unorganized town or gore into as manyR 8 L.'§504.' §70 " 
school districts as may be needed and name the same, and shall ?84 S s, Nofll.' 
organize them in the manner provided in the following section. 

Sec. 1119. Meetings. Said selectmen shall call a meeting v. s. § 780. 
in each district by posting a notice thereof, specifying the time, r 88 l.' §«J3?' § 69 ' 
place and business of the meeting, in two public places in suchR:lii,'ff tffc? 4- 
district, at least seven days before the time therein specified. ill!, 5.°if*.' §§ 7 ' 8 " 
One of the selectmen shall preside at the meeting, until a mod-Ri iVs7 7 ,V P 'i36 4 ' § 2 " 
erator and clerk are chosen, when the district shall be held to be 11Vt ' 607 ' 
organized. 

Sec. 1120. Record of proceedings; compensation of select- v - s •§ 781 - 
men. The selectmen acting under the proceeding section shall 
cause their doings to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the 
county in which such unorganized town or gore is situated, 
and shall receive reasonable compensation from the petitioners. 

Sec. 1121. District to be a body corporate. A school dis-^sl.K.gn. 
trict, legally organized, shall be a body politic and corporate, g.'s!22?§ §''29, 31. 
with the powers of a corporation for maintaining schools in such^f;}^.^ §'?5 
district, and, by its corporate name, may sue and be sued, and 62V *' 176 - " 
may take, hold and convey real and personal estate. 

Officers. 

Sec. 1122. Election; term of office. A school district shall, v -s.§783. 

, ., • ■• ] x i , • ' 1888, No. 9, § 73. 

at its organization, and at each annual meeting thereafter, elect R -L. § sos. 

1872 No 12 

from among the legal voters of such district a moderator, clerk, g. s\22,'§§ 32,73. 
collector, treasurer, one or three auditors and a prudential com-iss-i.'No^ 
mittee of one person, unless the district shall vote to have a 18 'so, No. 23. 
prudential committee of three as provided in the following section, ism, P °96, § 1. ' 
Their term of office shall commence at the time of their electionR- 1787| p.'"i36.' § 2 " 



11 vt. 


618. 




20 Vt.487. 




20 Vt. 


495. 




23 Vt 


.416. 




32 Vt 


. 769. 




V. s. 


§784. 




1SSS, 


No. 9,' 


§174. 


R. L. 


§509. 




1876, 


No. 47 


,§1. 


1S68, 


No. 33 


,§§5 


57 Vt 


.31. 




63 Vt 


.647. 




64 Vt 


.527. 




V. S. 


§ 785. 




1888, 


No. 9, 


§ 7i 



56 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

and continue until their successors are chosen; but if the pru- 
dential committee is absent more than three months from the 
district, his office shall be deemed vacant. 

Sec. 1123. Prudential committee. A school district may 
elect a prudential committee of three persons, one of whom shall 
be chosen for one year, one for two years and one for three years ; 
and, until otherwise voted, such district shall, upon the expira- 
tion of the term of a member of such committee, elect a successor 
for three years, and may fill a vacancy. 

Sec. 1124. Same. If such a committee is elected at the 
organization of the district, and such organization is not at the 
time fixed for an annual school meeting, the time between the 
organization and the next annual meeting shall be considered 
the first year of such terms, 
v. s. §786. Sec. 1125. Discontinuance of prudential committee. When 

the district has voted to discontinue such committee, it shall not 
elect successors to the members as their terms expire; and the re- 
maining members or member of such committee shall be the pru- 
dential committee of such district, until the end of the term which 
is last to expire. 
v.s. §788. Sec. 1126. Moderator. The moderator shall preside at school 

1888, No. 9, § 78. . . . . * 

r.l. §513. district meetings; and, in his absence, a moderator pro tempore 

1872, No. 12. . . 

o. s. 22, § 34. shall be chosen to preside at such meetings. 

1852, No. 38, § 1. l ° . 

R. S. 18, § 9. 
1827, No. 23, § 7. 

Application of Laws. 

1906, No. 60, § i. Sec. 1 127. What laws to apply. The provisions of law relating 

R.{i906°§ 1039. ' to the administration and maintenance of public schools, school 
meetings and voters therein, to raising and expending school 
moneys, to sharing in state aid for public school purposes, to the 
election and appointment of school officers, to elementary and 
higher instruction, to transportion, board and attendance of pupils, 
to truancy, to the furnishing of text-books and appliances and to 
other matters pertaining to schools in a town, shall, unless other- 
wise provided, pertain to schools maintained and all matters per- 
taining thereto in school districts in unorganized towns and gores. 
r. 1906, § 1040. Sec. 1 128. Powers, duties and liabilities of officers. The powers, 

V. S. §§ 791, 836, 845. ' .... 

1894, No. 162, § 802. duties and liabilities of the collector, treasurer, auditors, prudential 

188S, No. 9, §§ 81, 207. ...',„. .' ,, ' % 

1884, No. 34. committee and clerk of a district shall be like those of a town 

636. '" collector, treasurer, auditors, board of school directors and clerk 

1872, No. 12. . 

1870, No. is. of same, and said clerk shall also perforin the duties of a town clerk 

1867, No. 18, §§ 1, 2. . ' . x ,, i ii i i. 

G. s. 22, §§ 32, 49, 5i. relative to schools. The district collector or treasurer shall, before 

1854, No. 42, § 1. .... . 

Et.s. 18, §§ 17, 19. entering upon his duties, if required by a vote of the district or the 

1827, No. 23, § 11. 12. , . , . . , , , ,. , • , ,. • , ,. 

r. 1797, p. 495, § 3. prudential committee, give a bond to the district conditioned for 
the faithful performance of his duties, in such sum as may be re- 
quired; and, if a collector or treasurer neglects for ten days to give 
a bond as required, his office shall be vacant. 



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Records. 



Sec. 1 129. Clerk to keep. The clerk shall keep a record of the v. s. § 789, 
votes and proceedings of school district meetings and give certified R- l'§ wV.' * 
copies thereof when required; for a wilful neglect of such duty, he 1874;^.' 39.^ 
shall forfeit twenty dollars to the district, to be recovered in an 1856, No. 37, '§ 1. 

,. ,, • , , , R. S. 18, § 10. 

action on this statute. 1827, No. 23, § 7. 

Vacancies. 

Sec. 1130. How filled. When a vacancy occurs in the office v. s. §798. 
of collector, treasurer or clerk of a school district, or in the office r 88 l! fsi 8.' §8S " 
of prudential committee where the committee consists of oneG. s. 22,°§ 35. 
person, the district shall fill the vacancy at a special meeting. 11 vt. 6°s 3 '" 

26 Vt. 503. 52 Vt. 110. 

Sec. 1131. Surrender of books and papers. When a schools s.§ 799. 

• , rr- . . 1884, No. 25, § 1. 

district office becomes vacant by expiration of the term of office 
of the incumbent, or otherwise, and a successor is elected or ap- 
pointed, said successor shall, on demand, be entitled to receive 
the books and papers of such office from the last incumbent or 
anyone having the same in his possession. A person having such 
books or papers in his possession, who refuses for ten days, after 
demand, to surrender the same to said successor, shall be fined ten 
dollars. 

Meetings. 

Sec. 1132. When held. Annual school meetings of a district v. s. § soo. 
shall be held on the thirtieth day of June, or if the thirtieth fall i88si No. 9, § 89. 
on Sunday, on the twenty-ninth, and special meetings shall beG.'s.'22, §§41,42. 
warned on the application of three voters of the district. 1858,' No.' 2. ' 

R. S. 18, § 12. R. 1797, p. 495, § 3. 20 Vt. 487. }f3 £°- 40 / 

1827, No. 23, § 7. 1795, p. 10, § 2. 23 Vt. 416. 1910, No - 65 ' 24 - 

Sec. 1133. Warnings. Warnings for school meetings shall v. s. §801. 
be recorded before being posted. • 64^t. I 544. 131 ' § l " 

Sec. 1134. Same. School meetings shall be warned by the v. s. § 802. 
clerk, by posting a notice thereof, specifying the time, place andR-L.'§ 521.' 
business of the meeting, in two public places in such district, ati85i.No.28." 
least seven days before the time therein specified. 182Y, No. 2.3,' § 7. 

64 Vt. 527. 23 Vt. 416. 16 Vt. 439. 5" HfZ' p \ 499 ' § 2 ' 

67 Vt. 150. 43 Vt. 207. 17 Vt. 337. f; \f?'i2\ 136 ' 

67 Vt. 566. 48 Vt. 599. 22 Vt. 309. 14 Vt ' 3U0 - 

Sec. 1135. Eligibility of voters. The moderator at a school v. s. §so.3. 

meeting, the clerk and the members of the prudential committeeR. l' §§523, 524'. 

shall decide all questions as to the eligibility of a person to votei87o! No! 17.' 

in a qphnnl mpptino- G - s - 22 - § 29 - i 827 - No - 23 - § 7 - 55 Vt - 43 - 1868 ' N °' 39 ' 

in a scnooi meeting. R s 18> § 7 35 vt 632 55 vt _ 62 

Sec. 1136. Neglect to warn; forfeiture. If a person whose y-| IJO& 
duty it is to warn a school district meeting neglects to do so f or R- ^- | o 520 j 8 
ten days after application made as provided by law, he shall Rg |- ^'| 6 2 ^ 9 
forfeit to such district twenty dollars for each ten days' neglect, 46 Vt - 90 - 
to be recovered in an action on this statute. 



58 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

Public Money. 

1894' n? is ^ec. 1137. District entitled to, when. If the pupils of a 

llll' No'9 2 °§ 107' district are provided with twenty-eight weeks' instruction during 

1880 - No 65 94 $ 2 a scn ool year, whether such instruction is provided in the school 

1876, No. 45, § i. district, or in other schools at the expense of the district, such 

district shall be entitled to its share of the public money as though 

a school had been maintained in such district and the attendance 

had been in such school. 

Commissioner of Taxes. 

i906,|No. 59, §§ i,2. Sec. 1138. Duties. When a child cannot conveniently be 
accomodated with school privileges in an unorganized town or 
gore, the commissioner of taxes for such unorganized town "or 
gore may assess a tax upon the taxable property therein, not 
exceeding fifty percent, for payment of tuition, transportation 
or board of such child, and may draw an order on the county 
treasurer for the payment of the expenses incurred in the school- 
ing of such child at a school within or without such unorganized 
town or gore, provided such expense does not exceed one and 
one-half dollars per week. Said commissioner shall perform all 
the duties and have all the authority vested in school directors 
and truant officers of organized towns. 

CHAPTER 56. 

INCORPORATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 

Application of Laws. 
i, 90e L?°; ?Svl *• Sec. 1139. What laws to apply. The provisions of law 

R. 1906, § 1050. m m . 

Y'a S 'J£ 7 £h 791, 806, relating to the administration and maintenance of public schools, 
1894, No. 162, §§ 802, S chool meetings and voting therein, to raising and expending 
1892, No. 21, § 14. school moneys, to sharing in state aid for public schools, to the 

1890, No. 5, § 18. . . nr 

election and appointment of school officers, to elementary and 
higher instruction, to transportation, board and attendance of 
pupils, to truancy, to the furnishing of text-books and appli- 
ances and to other matters pertaining to schools in a town, shall, 
unless otherwise provided, pertain to schools maintained, and all 
matters pertaining thereto, in incorporated school districts; and 
the provisions of law relating to the powers, duties and liabilities 
of school officers in unorganized towns and gores shall apply to 
such officers in incorporated districts, except that the clerk of 
such district shall not be considered a town clerk for school 
purposes. 

NO. 65, ACTS OF 1910. 

Sec. 25. Date of official duties. School officers in districts 
incorporated by the General Assembly shall enter upon their duties 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. ' 59 

on July first following their election, and all school officers of town 
or incorporated districts serving at the time of the passage of this 
act shall continue in office until July first, 191 1. 

Clerk. 

Sec. 1140. Record of appointment. The district clerk shall ,v. s. § 790. 

. . . , . . . 1888, No. 9, § 80. 

withm ten days after his election or appointment, give notice R - L - § 517. 
thereof to the town clerk; and, if he fails so to do, he shall receive 
no compensation for making returns to the town clerk's office. 

Collector. 

Sec. 1141. Town collector may be. A school district may V g 8 | y 87 g . 77 
elect the collector of town taxes, although not an inhabitant ofJS-hkJ* 1 ?™ 

(j. to. Zi, § OO. 

the district, to be collector of such district, if he will accept the 1861 ' No - 12 - 
office in writing, and such acceptance shall be recorded by the 
district clerk. 

Change of Boundaries. 

Sec. 1142. Warning meeting to vote on. If it appears to ^-§807. 
the trustees or the prudential committee of an incorporated 
school district that the boundaries of such district should be 
changed by including new territoiy within the town in which 
such district, is located, or by excluding territory that is in the 
district, they may insert an article, fully describing the pro- 
posed change, in the warning for a regular or special meeting 
of such incorporated district. 

Sec. 1143. Duties of trustees or prudential committee; town v. s. §5807. 
to vote. If a majority of the voters at such meeting vote to 
make the proposed change in the boundaries of the incorporated 
district, said trustees or prudential committee shall notify the 
selectmen of the town in which such district is located of the change 
so voted to be made; whereupon said selectmen shall duly warn 
a meeting of the town, exclusive of such incorporated district, . 
setting forth in the warning the vote of such incorporated district 
and the proposed change in its boundaries; and, if a majority 
of the voters at such town meeting vote to make the change, 
as voted by the incorporated district, such vote, together with 
all the proceedings regarding such change of boundaries, of 
both the town and incorporated district, shall be recorded in 
the town clerk's office, whereupon such change of boundaries 
shall be established. 



Merger of Town and Incorporated School Districts. 

144. Incorporated districts to vote on; surrende 
to take effect. An incorporated school district may, by a ma-^VNo. 31 



Sec. 1144. Incorporated districts to vote on; surrender, w ^ en v |'x N 703 58 ' § 1- 



1906, No. 53,'J 2. 



1906, No. 58, §j3. 



60 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

jority vote of the legal voters present and voting at any meeting 
legally warned, surrender its charter as a corporation for the 
maintenance of public schools, or such part of its charter as 
pertains to the maintenance of public schools. Such surrender 
shall take effect not later than April first or September first 
following the vote so taken, and such school corporation shall 
cease to exist, and it shall become thereby a part of the town 
school district and subject to the laws governing the main- 
tenance and administration of public schools. 

Sec. 1145. Town district to vote on; merger, when to take 
effect. A town district may, by a majority vote of the legal 
voters present and voting at any meeting legally warned, become 
a part of an incorporated district, provided the incorporated 
district, at a meeting legally warned, votes to accept such merger. 
Such merger shall take effect April first or September first follow- 
ing the vote so taken. When such a merger has occurred, the 
incorporated district shall be considered a town in all respects 
pertaining to the maintenance and administration of its public 
schools. 

Sec. 1146. Settlement of business affairs. In case of a union 
of an incorporated district and a town district under either 
of the two preceding sections, each district shall settle its own 
business affairs and pay all its indebtedness, except for repairs 
and new buildings, shall deposit its records with the town clerk, 
and shall no longer exist except for the settlement of its own 
pecuniary affairs. 

CHAPTER 57. 

SCHOOL TAXES, LANDS AND BUILDINGS. 

Taxes. 

1888, No 3 !', § 200. Sec. 1147. Grand List. The grand list of a school district 

?864' § N 6 o 6i shall be made up of the ratable polls and real and personal estate 

G. S:22, §§ 45,'47,"50. +>,»•„ R- S. 18, §§ 15, 16, 18. R. 1797, pp. 495, 496, 31 Vt. 337. 

1850, No 44. ' therein. 1833> No _ ¥9, § 2. §§3,4. 32 Vt. 769. 

1849, No. 16. 1827, No. 23, § 11. 1795, p. 9. 37 Vt. 196. 

1824 p 10 § 2. R. 1787, p. 137. 43 Vt. 123. 

' P S 56 Vt. 562. 

i88 S 8, § No 3 9, §j20i. Sec. 1148. District may raise tax. A school district may by 

59 vt 111'' vote raise a tax u P on its g rancl list for the su PP ort ot " schools therein, 

and all expenses incurred by a district for the support of schools 
in excess of the public money received shall be so defrayed. 
7888,No 8 9 §§ 8 2 4 o 5 2,207. Sec - 1149 - Prudential committee to assess tax; collection. 
g s'22 f§ 47 6 5i" Tne prudential committee shall assess a tax for the amount voted 
r827 1 No § 2 § 3 16 §'§ 1 ii, 12. to be raised and make out a rate bill of the same. A justice of 
R~i787' P " 4|5, § '3. the county in which such district is situated shall, on application, 
*§ vt" ire' make out a warrant directed to the district collector, authorizing 

y> vt' 7I9' and requiring him to levy and collect such tax within the time 

34 Vt! 94. limited in such warrant and pay the same to the district treasurer. 



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Said committee shall have the same authority to enforce collection |4 vt. 156. 
and payment of such tax as selectmen have in enforcing collection^ vt. 362. 
and payment of town taxes. 
Sec. 1150. Duties of collector; forfeiture. A district collector v. s. §809. 

' . . 1888, No. 9, § 242. 

shall, on the written request of one of the prudential committee, RL-§ 9 543. 
pay to the district treasurer moneys belonging to the districtR-S. is', § 14 
collected by him to that time, and submit his tax-book and list 
to said treasurer for inspection and computation; and, if a col- 
lector neglects so to do for ten clays after receiving such request, 
he shall forfeit to the district one hundred dollars, to be recovered 
in an action on this statute, and his office shall be vacant. 

Sec. 1151. Deductions. A district may, at the time of voting v. s. § 84i. 

J ' °1888, No. 9, § 203. 

a tax, direct the collector to deduct a percent fixed by the vote, R. l. § 632. 

. . „ . 1874, No. 14. 

from the tax of a person paying before the day fixed. 

Sec. 1152. Notice of time of payment. The collector of a tax v. s. § 842. 

, . . . . . . . 1888, No. 9, § 204. 

from which a deduction may be made as provided in the preceding R. l. § 632. 
section shall appoint a day within the time limited, at a place 
within the district, when and where he will receive such tax, and 
shall post a notice thereof in three public places in the district and 
publish the same in each newspaper printed in such district, at 
least ten days before the time appointed, and shall attend at the . 
time and place appointed to receive payment of such tax. 

Sec. 1153. Omission of names from tax-bill; abatement. v. s. § 843. 

n . . , . , ,. , ... 1888, No. 9, §205. 

A district may, by a two-thirds vote, direct the prudential com-R. l. § 633. 

. . , . . . .„ , . , G. S. 22, §46. 

mittee to omit, m making up the tax-bill, the names ol such persons 1844, No. 6. 
as are unable to pay their proportion of the tax; and a district 
may, by two-thirds vote, remit or make abatement of a tax to an 
amount not exceeding five percent of such tax. 

Sec. 1154. Board of abatement; meetings. The officers of y^ g s. § N 844. ^ 
a school district, except the collector, shall be a board for theiss8,Na.9, § 206. 
abatement of district taxes; and said board shall have the same* 878 - No. 123. 
power which the board for the abatement of town taxes has in 
the abatement of town taxes. A majority of said board shall 
constitute a quorum. The prudential committee, on request of 
the collector, shall call a meeting of said board in the month of 
March in each year, previous to the annual school meeting, by 
posting a notice thereof in three public places in such district at 
least five clays before such meeting. 

Sec. 1155. Execution against district, payment of. When v. s. § 847. 

,,,..,„;■, c 1888, No. 9, § 209. 

a demand is made upon a school district for the payment of anR. l. §679. 
execution issued against it and the district has no available funds r'.s'.7s,'§ 11.' 

, . , ■ 1 ,, c- ,, -,i R. 1797, p. 301, § 5. 

to pay the same, the prudential committee shall forthwith assessR. 1787, P . 31. 
and have collected a tax sufficient to pay such execution and the 
charges and twelve percent interest, in the same manner as a tax 
voted by the district is assessed and collected. 



62 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

Lands and Buildings. 

v. s.808. Sec. 1156. Tax for. A school district may raise a tax on its 

1888, No. 9. § 245. , ,. . , . . . . .. .. , 

R. l. § 525. grand list to purchase or hire lands or buildings lor school purposes, 

g. 6.' 22, § 43. and to build, repair or furnish school houses as may be needed 

?827, No. § 23 3 § 10. for Slich district. jyfJ,J 495, § 3. R. Wp. 137. 

v. s. §809. Sec. 1157. Special committee. A district may elect a special 

1888, No. 9, § 246. . , .... J f 

r. l. § 543. committee to purchase or hire lands or buildings for school pur- 

G. S. 22, § 44. . . . . . 

r. s. is, § 14. poses, to superintend the building or repairing of school houses, or 

1827, No. 23, § 10. f r . . °. e fe 

to procure necessaiy furnishings therefor, 
v. s. §8io. Sec. 1158. Location of school houses. A district providing 

1888, No. 9, § 24S. , . . . , , . . , . ° 

r. l. § 526. for a school house may, at the same time, determine its location. 

G. S. 22, §44. R. S. 18, 14. § 1827, No. 23, §§ 10, 14. 

v. s. §811. Sec. 1159. Same. If a district fails to determine such loca- 

1888, No. 9, § 249. . , . . . . . ... 

r. l. § 526. tion, the selectmen oi the town, or the selectmen of a town adjom- 

r. s'. is, §h! ing an unorganized town or gore, in which such district is located, 

may, upon application of the board of school directors or pruden- 
tial committee, determine such location. 

CHAPTER 58. 
FIRE DRILLS. 

1904, No. 47, §§ 1,4. Sec. 1160. Pupils to be drilled, when. The principal or person 
in charge of a public or private school or educational institution, 
other than a university or college, having more than fifty pupils, 
shall drill such pupils so that they may be able to leave the 
school building in the shortest possible time and without panic 
or confusion. Such drills shall be held once in each month, 
when such school or educational institution is in session. 

1904, No. 47, § 2. Sec. 1161. Penalty for neglect to hold. A principal or per- 

son in charge of such a school or institution who wilfully neglects 
to comply with the provisions of the preceding section shall 
be fined not more than twenty dollars nor less than five dollars. 

1904, No. 47, § 3. Sec. 1162. This chapter to be published. A board of school 

directors, trustees or other body or person having control of a 
school shall cause a copy of this chapter to be printed in the 
manual or hand-book prepared for the guidance of teachers, 
where such manual is in use or may hereafter come in use. 

CHAPTER 59. 

TESTING THE SIGHT AND HEARING OF PUPILS. 

1904, No. 45, § i. Sec. 1163. Equipment. The state board of health and the 

superintendent of education shall prepare suitable test cards, 
blanks, record books and other needed apparatus to be used in 
testing the sight and hearing of pupils in public schools, and the 
necessary instruction for their use; and said superintendent shall 
furnish the same free of charge to every public school. 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 63 

Sec. 1164. Tests. The town superintendent, or the principal 1910, No. 59, § 2. 

. . . ... 1904, No. 45, § 1. 

of a school in an incorporated district not in a supervisory union, - 
shall Biennially, in the month of September of every even year, 
cause his teachers to test the sight and hearing of every pupil 
seven years of age and older in such school, to keep a record of 
such according to the instructions furnished, to notify in writing 
the parent or guardian of a pupil who is found to have a defect 
of vision or hearing or a disease of the eyes or ears, with a brief 
statement of such defect or disease, and to report the results 
to said superintendent, or principal, who, in turn, shall report 
the results of such test in his town or district, to the superintendent 
of education. Said town superintendent, or principal shall also 
cause his teachers to test the sight and hearing of all children, 
in school, becoming seven years of age, and to test at any time 
the sight and hearing of any apparently defective. 

Sec. 1165. Appropriation. The auditor of accounts shall 1904 > No - 45 - $ 2 - 
draw an order for such sums and at such times as the superin- 
tendent of education, with the approval of the state board of 
health, may require to carry out the provisions of this chapter; 
but the total amount so drawn shall not exceed six hundred dol- 
lars in any biennial term ending June thirtieth. 

CHAPTER 60. 

INSTRUCTION OF THE DEAF, DUMB, BLIND, IDIOTIC, FEE- 
BLE-MINDED AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN. 

Sec. 1166. Governor to be commissioner. The governor 1906, No. 55, § 1. 
shall be, by virtue of his office, commissioner of the deaf, dumb.R.'. l. §680! 

ii-i • t • r 1 1 • 1 1 m • , •, i <■ ■ ' t 1872, No. 19. 

blind, idiotic, feeble-minded or epileptic children of mdigentG. s. 23, § 1. 
parents, and, as such commissioner, shall constitute the boards.. s.'i9, § 1.' 

f ,, . . ,. 1833, No. 21, § 2. 

lor their instruction. 1825, No. 31, 2. 

Sec. 1167. Governor to make report; compensation. The v. s. §855. 

governor shall biennially report to the general assembly hisi872iNo.i9,§7. 
doings under this chapter, with an account of the expenditures, 1845, No. 15! §' 2. 
and shall receive fifty dollars annually for his services as suchR. s.'i9,§§ 7, 8. 

. . J 1826, No. 52. 

commissioner. 1825, No. 31, §2. 

Sec. 1168. Appropriation. A sum not exceeding twenty 1906, No. 55, § 2. 
thousand dollars is annually appropriated for the benefit of thei898l No! 30! § i. 
deaf, dumb, blind, idiotic, feeble-minded or epileptic childenR - . l. § 682. 
of indigent parents to be used agreeably to the provisions of 1872^ No.' 19,' § 1. 

thl'q nhflntPr 1861 - No - 34 - 1833 > No - 21. §!• 1825 ' No - 31, § 1. p 86 !'^ 1 !' 

mis cnapier. R s f 19j § 2 1830i No 27 G. s. 23, § 2. 

Sec. 1169. Institutions for instruction. The beneficiaries speci-1898, No. 29, § 1. 

V ^ Bis 8^7 

fied in this chapter shall be instructed in the following institutions :i 892, No. 27, § 1. 

"R T & fiR'-t 

the deaf and dumb at the American Asylum for the education 1872', No. i9, § 2. 
of the deaf and dumb at Hartford, Connecticut, the Clark Schoolc s.'23,'§ 3! 
for the deaf at Northampton, Massachusetts, the Mystic Oral lizz. No. 21.' § 2. 
School at Mystic, Connecticut, or the Austine Institution at 1910 No. 74-6 



64 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

Brattleboro, Vermont; the blind at the New England Institute 
for the instruction of the blind at Boston, Massachusetts; and the 
idiotic or feeble-minded children at the Massachusetts School 
for the Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Youth at Boston, or at such 
other institutions of like nature as the governor shall select. 

1906, No. 55, § 3. Sec. 1170. Board of civil authority to furnish information. 

r". l*. § 684'. The board of civil authority in a town shall ascertain and certify 

1S72, No. 19, § 3. , , , . . , , „ , - ^ , 

G. s.23, §4. to the county clerk, on or before the first day of February, an- 

r. s! 19?§ 4'. nually, the number of deaf and dumb persons and the number 

1825', No.' 3*1, '§3. ' of blind and epileptic persons in such town, their ages, condi- 
tions and circumstances, and the ability of their parents to edu- 
cate them,the names of all idiotic or feeble-minded children be- 
tween the ages of five and fourteen years residing in such town 
and the pecuniary ability and circumstances of their parents or 
the persons bound to support them, and whether, in the opinion 
of said board, the persons named are proper subjects for the 
charity of the state, and whether they and their parents or 
guardians are willing that they should become beneficiaries of 
any of the institutions provided for the instruction of such persons. 
r.l. I 111; Sec. 1171. County clerks to make returns. A county clerk 

g 87 !' 23? i 1 !'. § 4 ' shall annually, before the first day of March, make return to the 
Rj3.'i9°§!;' § 2 ' governor of the information he receives from the several boards 
lili; § N No 2 3i, § 3 3 ' of civil authority in his county. 

1906, No. 55, § 4. Sec. 1172. Duties of commissioner. The governor may desig- 

r'.l. §686'. nate beneficiaries, may direct the auditor of accounts to draw 

G. s.' 23°' § 6'. orders for any part of the appropriation provided for in this chap- 

1842, No. 16, § 1. , , i- . 11 1 x- x xi 1 

1841, No. 22, § 4. ter, may superintend and direct all concerns relating to the educa- 
]s : :«,Np'.li 6 §2. tion of the deaf, dumb, blind, idiotic, feeble-minded or epileptic 

children, inhabitants of the state, and may allow all or any portion 
of the expense of their conveyance to and support in the institu- 
tions in which they are instructed, for such time as he deems proper; 
and he may, in his discretion, take bonds to indemnify the state 
against expenses which accrue in consequence of the sickness, 
clothing or transportation of a beneficiary. 
1906, No. 55, § 5. Sec. 1173. Selectmen to give bond. The selectmen of the 

r'.'l'.§687'. several towns may execute in their official capacity in behalf of 

their respective towns, without a previous vote, the bond which 
may be required to be given by the town to indemnify the state 
against expenses which may accrue in consequence of the sickness, 
clothing or transportation of the deaf, chimb, blind, idiotic, feeble- 
minded or epileptic beneficiaries from such town. 
v.s.§ 862. Sec. 1174. Towns to defray expense of conveyance. When 

1872', No. ±9, § 6. a person is designated a beneficiary, the town in which he resides 
1858, No. 3.' shall defray the expenses of his conveyance to and from the in- 

stitution in which he is to be instructed, if, in the opinion of the 
selectmen, his parent or guardian is not able to pay the same. 
1906, No. 56, § i. Sec. 1175. Instruction within the state. The governor may 

1884, No. 39. § l. designate one or more blind or deaf and dumb beneficiaries, under 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 65 

the provisions of this chapter, who may receive his education 
within this state, when, in the judgment of the governor, adequate 
advantages exist for proper instruction and the public good will 
be subserved thereby, notwithstanding such beneficiary is over 
fourteen years of age. 

Sec. 1176« Same. The governor shall allow from the generally. No. fid, § 2. 

° V. o. 9 804, 

appropriation for the benefit of such person a sum equal to thei884, No. 39, § 2. 
amount paid for a single beneficiary at any of the institutions for 
the education of such beneficiaries mentioned in the seventh pre- 
ceding section; and, upon receiving a certificate from the select- 
men of the town in which such person resides that a proper course 
of study has been pursued, he may direct the auditor of accounts 
to draw orders in quarterly installments in favor of the person 
whom he shall designate for the payment of such sum. 

Sec. 1177. Appropriation for instruction after return fromi906, No. 57,>§§ 1,% 
institutions. Twenty-five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated 
for the benefit of the beneficiaries named in this chapter, to be 
expended by the governor in his discretion, for the care, education 
and training of such beneficiaries after they have been discharged 
from the institutions in which they have been kept as subjects 
of state charify. The governor may 1 make contracts with any 
person, association or corporation for carrying out the provisions 
of this section, and may direct the auditor of accounts to draw 
orders for any part of the appropriation herein provided. 

NO. 74, ACTS OF 1910. 

Section 1. The sum of fifty thousand dollars payable, five 
thousand dollars October 1, 1911, five thousand dollars October 
1, 1912, ten thousand dollars, October 1, 1913, ten thousand dollars, 
October 1, 1914, ten thousand dollars, October 1, 1915, and ten 
thousand dollars October 1, 1916, is hereby appropriated to the 
Austine Institution, a corporation organized and existing under 
and by virtue of No. 276, of the Acts of 1904, as amended by No. 
319, of the Acts of 1908, for the purpose of erecting a suitable build- 
ing or plant for the use of said corporation, upon the land owned 
by it in Brattleboro, Vermont, subject to the conditions pro- 
vided in the following sections; and the auditor of accounts is 
hereby directed to draw an order for that amount in favor of said 
Austine Institution. 

Sec. 2. The appropriation specified in the preceding section 
is made upon condition that said Austine Institution shall bind 
itself by a contract to the satisfaction of the governor, that it will 
at all times receive, take, instruct and care for, at actual cost, all 
such deaf and dumb children as the governor may designate under 
chapter 169 of the Public Statutes, to be received by said corpora- 
tion. 

Sec. 3. Said Austine Institution shall be subject to visitation 
and inspection by the board of visitors to state institutions, pro- 
vided for by section 6017 of the Public Statutes; and said board 
shall include in its biennial report, a statement of the names and 



66 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

ages of such children as may be received by said institution under 
the provisions of the second preceding section, and it shall report 
fully as to the condition and progress of such children, with such 
recommendations in regard to the management of the institution 
as it may deem proper. 

Sec. 4. The income of the fund of fifty thousand dollars held 
by said corporation shall be devoted exclusively by the trustees 
thereof in the manner and for the purposes set forth in a decree 
of the court of chancery for the county of Windham, in the matter 
of the will of William Austine, rendered at the April term, 1910, of 
said court of chancery. 

Sec. 5. The appropriation provided for in section one is made 
upon condition that the amount thereof shall be used exclusively 
for the purposes stated in this act, and if said institution shall 
cease to exist, the real and personal estate of said corporation shall 
be held as security to the state for the amount so appropriated 
and may be sold under direction of the legislature for the purpose 
of reimbursing the state for the amount herein appropriated; and 
the said real estate of said corporation shall at no time be sold by 
the trustees thereof without consent of the legislature. 

CHAPTER 6i. 

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL 

COLLEGE, AND MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE. 

Appropriations. 

r. 1906. § loss. Sec. 1178. Amounts. The auditor of accounts shall draw 

1892*. No. 25, §§ l, 2. orders in favor of the respective treasurers of the institutions 
i9io',iNo. 75. § i. named and for the amounts stated in this section: University 
of Vermont and State Agricultural College,sixteen thousand dollars; 
Middlebury College, sixteen thousand dollars. One-half of each 
appropriation shall be payable on the first day of July and the 
other half on the first day of January, annually, 
v. s. §867. Sec. 1179. University of Vermont and State Agricultural College. 

i9io| No! 75! § 2. Twenty-four hundred dollars of the appropriation in favor of 
the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College shall 
be annually expended by such institution in paying the tuition 
and incidental college charges of thirty students appointed in the 
manner provided in this chapter. Thirteen thousand six hundred 
dollars of the amount appropriated in favor of the University of 
Vermont and State Agricultural College shall be annually ex- 
pended by such institution in providing instruction in the prin- 
ciples and methods of teaching, in branches relating to English 
language and literature, ancient and modern languages and his- 
tory, mathematics, political, social, moral and industrial sciences. 
v 91 s 0, § N 8 O 68 75 ' § 3 - Sec. 1180. Middlebury College. Twenty-four hundred dollars of 

i9io. No. 75, 1 2 3. tne appropriation in favor of Middlebury College shall be^annually 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 67 

expended by such institution in paying the tuition and incidental 
college charges of thirty students appointed in the manner provided 
in this chapter; thirteen thousand six hundred dollars annually for 
the establishment and maintenance of a department of pedagogy 
for the education and training of high school teachers in said insti- 
tution, and to provide instruction in forestry and other subjects 
related to the industries of Vermont. 

NO. 75, ACTS OF 1910. 

Sec. 4. The auditor of accounts shall draw his order in favor of 
the treasurer of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural 
College for ten thousand dollars for the exclusive use of the medical 
college connected with said institution. One-half of said appro- 
priation shall be payable on the first day of July and the other 
half on the first day of January annually. 

Sec. 5. The trustees of said institutions shall make an annual 
report to the governor of the work done in all departments of said 
institutions, together with a statement in detail of all receipts and 
disbursements, and a statement of all resources and liabilities at 
the close of the fiscal year of each institution respectively. 

Sec. 1181. Senators to make appointments. Each senator^ 898 - Jf- 8 |J; JjJ; %j 2 
in the general assembly shall, in each odd year, designate a nd 1892,No -- 25,:§§ 1,s - 
appoint one student to each of the institutions named in the third 
preceding section; and the scholarship thus created shall be for 
a period of two years. A vacancy in a scholarship shall be filled 
by the senator who made the appointment vacated, or by his 
successor in office. If a senator fails to appoint to such scholarship 
before the beginning of the school year following the expiration of 
the appointment made by his predecessor, after notice from the 
officers of such institution of such expiration and vacancy, the 
officers of such institution shall designate and appoint a student 
to such scholarship. 

Sec. 1182. Appointments, where made. Appointments shall v g 9 | ^J^s, § 1# 
be made from the county represented by the senator making 
the appointment, provided a suitable candidate shall apply there- 
for, otherwise from any part of the state. 

Sec. 1183. Appointments to University of Vermont and state 789 S 2, § No 3 25, § 4. 
Agricultural College. In making appointments to the University 
of Vermont and State Agricultural College, preference shall 
be given to candidates for the agricultural and industrial depart- 
ment. If, at any time, there are not thirty suitable applicants 
for such department, the appointment may be to any other 
department of such institution. 

Sec. 1184. Appointments, how made when vacancy in sena-1906, No. ei, § i. 
torship. Whenever there is a vacancy in a senatorship, the 
other senator or senators of the county in which the vacancy 
exists, if there is any other senator from such county, or, in case 
there is none, the governor, may appoint and designate persons 



68 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 

for scholarships in the University of Vermont and State Agri- 
cultural College and Middlebury College, to the same number 
and in the same way that the incumbent of such senatorship 
might, if there were no vacancy. 

CHAPTER 62. 

NORWICH UNIVERSITY. 

Military College of the State of Vermont. 

1900, No. 31, § 1. Sec. 1185. Recognized as; rank of faculty. Norwich Uni- 

1898 No. 32 5 1. ' 

versity is hereby recognized as the Military College of the State 
of Vermont; and its faculty shall have local rank as follows: 
assistant professors, the rank of second lieutenant; professors 
for the first five years of service, the rank of first lieutenant, for 
the second five years, the rank of captain, after ten years of ser- 
vice, the rank of major, after twenty years, the rank of lieu- 
tenant-colonel, and the president shall have the rank of colonel; 
all without pay from the state. 

Scholarships. 

1898, No. 31, §§ 2, 3. Sec. 1186. Senators to make appointments. Each senator 
1892', ^No. 1 ^, § 1. in the general assembly shall, in each odd year, designate and 
appoint one student to such institution, who shall be a resident 
of the county represented by the senator making the appoint- 
ment, provided a suitable candidate shall apply therefor, other- 
wise from any part of the state; and a scholarship thus created 
shall be for a period of two years. A vacancy in a scholarship 
shall be filled by the senator who made the appointment vacated, 
or by his successor in office; and, if a senator fails to appoint to a 
scholarship before the beginning of the school year following 
the expiration of the appointment made by his predecessor, after 
notice from the officers of such institution of a vacancy, such 
officers shall designate and appoint a student to such scholarship. 
1904, No. 52, §§1,2,3. Sec. 1187. Scholarships for four years. For a period of 
ten years, each senator in the general assembly shall annually, on 
or before the first day of June, designate and appoint two candi- 
dates, residents of his county, as a principal and alternate for a 
scholarship covering tuition for four years in such institution. 
Upon notification by the president of such institution, said prin- 
cipal shall present himself to the proper board of such insti- 
tution for examination; and, in case of his failure, his alternate 
shall be likewise examined; and, if, for any reason, a senator 
fails to designate and appoint a candidate, or if both principal 
and alternate fail to pass the required examinations, the presi- 
dent of the university may, in his discretion, appoint one to fill 
such vacancy, the appointee to be selected from properly quali- 
fied applicants for admission, and from the county having the 
vacancy, if possible. 



VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 69 

Sec. 1188. Appointments, how made when vacancy in sena-i906, No. 6i, § 1. 
torship. Whenever there is a vacancy in a senatorship, the other 
senator or senators of the county in which the vacancy exists, 
if there is any other senator from such county, or, in case there is 
none, the governor, may appoint and designate persons for 
scholarships in Norwich University to the same number and 
in the same way that the incumbent of such senatorship might, 
if there were no vacancy. 

Appropriations. 

Sec. 1189. Amounts. The auditor of accounts shall drawR. 1906, §1097. 
his order in favor of such institution for the sum of six thou-18981 No. 33, § 4. 
sand dollars; of which sum, three thousand dollars shall be pay-1892', No._26, § 1. 
able to the treasurer of such institution on the first day of July 
and January, semi-annually. Such appropriation shall be 
expended in providing thirty scholarships to be filled as hereto- 
fore provided, and for carrying out the provisions of its charter; 
and for a period of ten years, on the first day of July and Janu- 
ary, the auditor of accounts shall also draw orders in favor of the 
treasurer of such institution for the sum of twenty-five hundred 
dollars, which shall be applied to the improvement of the depart- 
ment of engineering in the following manner: one-fifth for the 
purchase of needed instruments, appliances and apparatus, and 
four-fifths to the payment of the salaries of professors in such 
department. 

Sec. 1190. Accounts. All moneys paid such institution by^- s 9 § 6 £ 7 § 4 1098 - 
the state treasurer shall be kept in a separate and independent 1892 - No. 26, §3. 
account. 

Board of Visitors. 

Sec. 1191. Appointment The governor shall biennially, 18 9». No. 33, § 1. 
during the session of the general assembly, with the advice and 
consent of the senate, appoint four persons, who, with the super- 
intendent of education, shall constitute a board of visitors to 
Norwich University, whose term of office shall commence on the 
first day of December following their appointment and continue 
until their successors are appointed. The governor shall fill a 
vacancy occurring in said board. 

Sec. 1192. Duties. Said board shall visit and inspect suchi89S, No. 33, §§2, 3. 
institution at such times as it sees fit, and shall report the result of 
such inspection and the manner of the expenditure of all moneys 
appropriated by the state to such institution, to the governor, 
who shall transmit the same to the next general assembly. The 
members of said board, with the exception of the superintendent 
of education, shall each receive three dollars per day and expenses 
for time spent in such service, not to exceed five days in each year. 
Such sum shall be paid by the treasurer of such institution. 



INDEX. 



INDEX 



ABATEMENT. sec. 

School district taxes, 1153, 1154 

ACADEMIES, 

Defined,....,. _ 1016 

• Standard for, superintendent of educa- 
tion to establish, 1021 

Statistics of. how returned, 1058 

ACCOUNTS, 
Permanent school fund, audit and cer- 
tificate of, 1086 

ACTIONS, 

Directors, liable for unauthorized pay- 
ments, 991 

Penalties and forfeitures recovered by, 
{See Penalties and Forfeitures.) 

Public Money, 

false statements, etc., as to, 1102 

wrongful distribution of, 1102 

School expenses, false statement as to, .... 1102 
Text-books, neglect of directors as to, . . . .1107 
United States deposit money, town's fail- 
ure to comply with law, 1069 

ADVANCED INSTRUCTION, 

Age not to deprive of, : 1021 

Appeal to superintendent of education, . . .1021 
Examination of pupil demanding,. .1018-1020 

High school defined, 1016 

Standard of high school established how, .1021 
Town clerk to furnish statements as to 

pupils, filed where, 1022 

Town re-imbursed how, 1023 

Town to maintain high school, or furnish, . 1017 

Examination of pupil for p. 34, S. 5 

Tuition to academy p. 34, S. 6 

Book rent p534, S. 7 

Promotion non-resident pupil p. 35, S. 8 

AGE, 

School age, 1027 

AGRICULTURE, 

State school of, p. 16 

Agreement, p. 17, S. 4 

Appropriaton, p. 17, S. 5 

Compensation of trustees, p. 16, S. 3 

Establishment, p. 16, S. 1 

Lease of Normal School, property, . .p. 17, S. 4 

Trustees, report of, p. 16, S. 3 

Trustees, powers of, p. 16, S.2-4 

APPEALS, 

Advanced instruction, 1021 

Land for school purposes, taking; 

proceedings, 1114, 1115 

School accommodations and conveyance 

of pupils, 1007, 1008 



APPORTIONMENT, 

Permanent school fund, 1084 

State school tax, on what list, 1092 

APPROPRIATIONS, 

Colleges and scholarships, .... 1178. 1183, 1189 
Deaf, dumb, blind, etc., for instruction 

of, 1168,1177 

Directors to recommend, 992 

Library commissioners, • • ■ 1196, 1201 

Pupils, transportation and board of: 

apportionment, 1014 

Sight and hearing, testing of, 1164, 1165 

State teachers' association, etc., 919 

Medical College, p. 67, S. 4-5 



ARREST, 

Assistance, clerical, 



p. 19, S. 5 



AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS, 

Appropriations, Accounts, etc., 

colleges and universities, 1178, 1189 

deaf, dumb, blind, etc., 1176, 1177 

Libraries, 

commissioners' expenses, 1196 

establishment, 1200 

traveling libraries, 1201 

permanent school fund, audit and certi- 
ficate of, 1086 

pupils, testing sight and hearing of, . 1164, 1165 
state teachers' association, 919 

Superintendent of Education, 

accounts and salary, . . . . 919, 921, 924 

circulars of educational information,. . . 921 
educational meetings, expense of, 918 

Normal school commissioners, to direct 
as to bond of treasurer of, 948 

Austin Institution, ..... .p. 65, S. 1-2-3-4-5 

BANK COMMISSIONER, 

Permanent school fund, audit of; certifi- 
cate, 1086 

BLIND, 

Instruction of, 1166-1177 

(See Deaf, Dumb, Blind, etc., Instruc- 
tion of.) 

BONDS, 

Normal school commissioners, treasurer 
of, 948 

School district collector and treasurer; 
vacancy on failure, 1 128 

Trustees of town funds, 1066 



INDEX. 



BOUNDARIES, 

Incorporated school districts, change 
of, 1142,1143 

CENSUS, 

School, made by whom; fees, 1000 

CERTIFICATES 

Age of candidates for, 954 

Examinations for, 959 

First Grade, 

college graduates may receive, when . . . 963 

continuation of, 966 

graduates of normal schools in other 

states, 958 

requisites for; to whom issued; term, 

958, 962, 963 
special, 969 

Kindergarten or primary, issued when, . . . 973 

Normal school graduates, provisions as 
to, 956-958,972 

Notice by holder to clerk; contract void 
without, 955 

Permits, how granted; re-issue; limita- 
tion, 974-976 

Required; contract void without, 954 

Revoked when, 977 

Second Grade, 

continuation of, 966 

special, 969 

superintendent of union may grant; 
limitation, 943 

Third Grade, 

requisites for; to whom issued; term,967, 970 

special, 970 

superintendent of union may grant, 
when; limitation, 943 

Unlimited, issued when, 971,972 

CHILD LABOR, 

Law of, 1044-1050 

CITIES, 

State school tax, order for, drawn by 
mayor, 1093 

CIVIL AUTHORITY, BOARD OF, 

Deaf, dumb, blind, etc., returns as to, .... 1170 
Clerical assistance, p. 19, S. 5 

CLERKOF BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 
(See Directors, Board of Clerk.) 

COLLEGES, 

Appropriations in aid of, 1178, 1 189 

Certificates to teach, to graduates, . . . .963, 971 
Scholarships; appointment; vacancies, 

1181-1183, 1186-1188 

COMMISSIONERS, 

School purposes, taking land for, ....1114, 1115 



COMPLAINTS, 

Child labor law, violation of, 1050 

Truancy law, violation of, 1037, 1040 

CONSTABLES, 

Truant officers, when, 1028 

CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES 

Academy, 1016 

Elementary school, 1013 

High school, 1016 

Legal pupil, 1027 

Legal school, 1097 

School districts in unorganized places, 

powers of, 1127 

School year, month, week, day, 1024 

Voters in school district meetings,. .1127, 1139 

CONTRACTS, 

School teacher's, void when, 954, 955 

CONVEYANCE, 

Pupils, transportation of; state aid, 

1006-1008, 1014, 1015 

COPIES, 

Certified by school district clerk; penalty 
for neglect, 1 129 

CORPORATIONS, 

Incorporated school districts, 1139-1146 

(See School Districts Incorporated.) 

Libraries, trustees of may incorporate, 

1205-1210 
(See Libraries.) 

School districts in unorganized places are 
corporations, 1121 

COSTS, 

Lands for school purposes, proceedings 
to take, 1115 

COUNTY CLERKS, 

Deaf, dumb, blind, etc., returns as to, 1172 

Records, 

library, certificate of incorp. of un- 
organized towns, 1206 

lands taken for school purposes, 1112 

school meetings, 1120 

COUNTY COURTS, 
Jurisdiction, 

child labor law, 1049 

school purposes, land taken for, 

1114,1115 
truancy, 1043 

COURSES OF STUDY, 

Prepared and distributed by superinten- 
dent of education, 923, 924 

CRIMES AND OFFENSES, 

Appropriation, failure of town to make, . . .1103 

Attendance, offenses relating to, 1043 

Fire drills, teacher neglecting, 1161 

Officer failing to pass over books, etc., to 
successor, 1131 



INDEX. 



CRIMES AND OFFENSES, Continued. 

Overseer of the poor, neglect of duty by, . . 1042 
Parent, etc., allowing employment of 
children in mills, etc., unlawfully, 

1047, 1048 
Parent, etc., refusing to give information 

to clerk, 1001 

School money, failing to comply with law 

as to; indictment, 1069, 1103 

Text-books, receiving pay for recom- 
mending, 1109 

Truancy or disobedience, 1041 

Truant officer neglecting duty, 1042 

U. S. deposit money, failing to comply 
with law as to; indictment, 1069, 1070 

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 

Truant, proceedings against. . 1034, 1037, 1040 

DAMAGES, 
Actions for, 

directors liable for unauthorized pay- 
ments, 991 

text-books, loss of, 1107 

text-books, neglect of directors as to, ... 1107 
Land damages; school purposes, land taken 
for, 1110-1117 

DAY, 

School, defined, : 1024 

DEAF, DUMB, BLIND, ETC., INSTRUC- 
TION OF, 

Appropriation for, 1168, 1177 

Care of, after discharge from institution, . .1177 



Commissioner, 

governor to be; duties, 1166, 1167, 1172, 1175 

1177 

report; compensation, 1167 

Education within state, when, 1175, 1176 

Expenses, town to defray, when, 1174 

Indemnity bond executed by selectmen, . . 1173 
Information as to, by board of civil 

authority, 1170 

Returns as to, 1170, 1171 

Schools where educated, 1 169 



DEDUCTIONS, 

School district tax, . 



.1151,1152 



DEEDS, 

Town school fund, security for, who may 
take acknowledgment, 1089 



DEPUTY SHERIFFS, 

Truant officer, duties as, . 



,1028 



DIRECTORS, BOARD OF, 

Appropriations, recommendations as to, . . 992 

1037, 1040 
Attendance at school, excuses from, 1029, 1030 
Chairman, election of, 989 



DIRECTORS, BOARD OF, Continued. 

Clerk, 

appointment; compensation; duties,997, 999, 

1000, 1002 
census of children and parents made by; 

fees, 1000 

directors to perform duties, when, 998 

false statements or certificates by; 

penalty, 1056 

list of children furnished teachers by, . . . 1031 
parent giving false information to; 

penalty, 1001 

records kept by; statement as to 
teaehers, 999 

Registers, 

answering interrogatories in; certifi- 
cate; filing; penalty, 1055, 1056 

examination; certificate, '. . . . 1054 

furnished teachers by, 1053 

procuring; responsibility for, 1002 

Compensation; auditing of accounts, . 996 

Constitution; election; term of office, 987 

Duties, 990 

Elected by ballot, when, 985 

Election; term; women may be, 986, 987 

Evening schools, admission to, regu- 
lated by, 1010 

False certficate as to school moneys; 

penalty, 1102 

Fire drill law, duties as to, 1162 

Higher instruction furnished by, how, 1017 

Kindergartens, may establish, 1009 

Land for School Purposes, 

damages, question of, referred by 
agreement, 1113 

duties on disagreement as to price, 1110 

Liability for a payment not authorized 

by law, 991 

Location of schools by; appeal, 1006-1008 

Normal school practice departments, 

powers as to, 951 

Oath, 989 

Orders by, paid by town treasurer, 1062 

Perform duties of clerk, when, 998 

Pupils, Conveyance and Board of, 

directors may provide; appeal, . . .1006-1008 

state aid, obtained how, 1015 

Pupils, non-resident, received by; tuition, 

1011, 1012 

Report of, 994 

Return of expenditures to town clerk, 995 

School houses and sites, powers as to, 993 

School houses, location and construction 

of, under control of, 983 

Special instruction provided by, 1004 

Text-books and Supplies, 

furnished by; rules, 1105, 1106 

lost, etc., to give notice to selectmen; 

penalty, 1107 

selection by, taking pay for recom- 
mending prohibited, 1108, 1109 

Town Superintendent, 

appointment; pay; filing certificate, .... 931 

duties directed by directors, 934 

removal ; vacancy, 932 



INDEX. 



DIRECTORS, BOARD OF, Continued. 

Truant officers appointed by 1028 

Union for expert supervision, powers as 

to, 938-944 

Vacancy, how filled ; record, 988 

DISCOUNT, 

School district taxes, 1151, 1152 

DISTRIBUTION, 

Permanent school fund, 1084 

State school tax, '. . 1095, 1096, 1098-1100 

DISTRICTS, 

School, 11 18-1 146 

(See School Districts.) 

DRAWING, 

Directors may provide instruction in, 1004 

DUMB, 

Instruction of, 1166-1177 

(See Deaf, Dumb, Blind, etc., Instruc- 
tion of.) 

EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS, 

Holding of; expense, 918 

ELECTIONS, 

School Officers, 

directors, 985, 987 

school district officers, 1122, 1123 

women may vote and hold office, 986 

Voters, 

in incorporated school districts, not to 

vote on town school questions, 980 

women may vote on school matters, .... 986 

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, 

Courses of study, prepared and distri- 
buted how, 923, 924 

Defined, 1013 

State aid for transporting pupils, . . . 1014, 1015 

EMINENT DOMAIN, 

School purposes, taking lands for, ..1110-1117 

EPILEPTICS, 

Instruction of, 1166-1 177 

EVENING SCHOOOS, 

Establishment; attendance, 1010 

EVIDENCE, 

Certified copies, school district clerk to 
give, 1129 

EXAMINERS OF TEACHERS, 

Advanced instruction, duties as to exami- 

r tion of pupil demanding, 1019, 1020 

' Appeals to, from action of school di- 

t rectors, 1007, 1008 



EXAMINERS OF TEACHERS, Continued. 
Certificates, 

age of candidates for, 954 

examinations for, 959 



First Grade, 

college graduates may receive, when, . . . 963 

continuation of, 966 

graduates of normal schools in other 

states, 95S 

requisites for; to whom issued; 

term, 958, 962, 963. 

special, 969 

kindergarten or primary, issued when, .... 973 
normal school graduates, provisions as 

to, 956-958, 972 

notice by holder to clerk; contract void 

without, 955 

permits, how granted; re-issue; limita- 
tion, 974-976 

Certificates, 

required; contract void without, 954 

revoked when, 977 

First grade p. 19, S. 4 

Second Grade, 

continuation of, 966 

special, 969 

Third Grade, 

requisites for; to whom issued; term, 967, 970 

special, 970 

unlimited, issued when, 971, 972 



Examinations, 

time and place ; record, 959 

Fees and expenses of p. 18, S. 2 

Meetings for; pay for attending, 927 

Permits to teach issued by, when; limita- 
tion; revocation; term, 974-977 

Summer school for teachers, may hold, 

when; length; expense; compensation, . . 917 
Superintendent of union may act as ex- 
aminer, when, 943 

Text-books, receiving pay for recom- 
mending; penalty 1 109 

Supplementary .p. 18, S. 3 



EXECUTIONS, 

Land for school purposes, costs on pro- 

M ceedings to take, . . . . 1115 

School district taxes assessed to pay, 1155 

EXPERT SUPERVISION, 

Union of towns for, 938-944 

(See Superintendents of. School Unions.) 

FACTORIES, 

Children, employment in, restricted, 1Q44, 1046 



INDEX. 



FEEBLE-MINDED PERSONS, 
Instruction of, 



1166-1177 



FEES, 

Clerk of school directors, 997, 1000 

Examiners of teachers, 917 

Norwich University, board of visitors to, .1192 

School directors, 996 

Town clerks, for school returns, 1059 

Town superintendent of schools, 931, 937 

Truant officers, compensation, 1039 

Trustees of permanent school fund paid 
expenses only, 1076 

FIRE DRILLS, 

Law to be printed in manual, 1162 

Teachers' duties as to; fine, 1160, 1161 

FLAGS, 

When and where displayed p. 28 

FORMS, 
Complaints, 

child labor law, 1050 

truancy law, 1040 



GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 

Superintendent of education elected by, . . 914 

GOVERNOR, 

Appointments by, 

library commissioners; chairman; va- 
cancies, 1193 

normal school commissioners, 946, 947 

Norwich University, visitors for, 1191 

scholarships in state colleges filled by, 
when, 1184, 1188 

Deaf, dumb, blind, etc., commissioner of; 
duties, 1166, 1167, 1172, 1175-1177 

Normal school commissioners, duties 
as to bond of treasurer of, 948 

Permanent school fund; one of trustees of; 
duties, 1073-1086 

Pupils, transportation, etc., of, duties as 
to dividing appropriations for, 1014 

State school tax, member of board to dis- 
tribute, 1093 

Vacancies Filled by, 

library commissioners, 1196 

normal school commissioners, 946 

superintendent of education, 914 

trustees of permanent school fund, . . . .1077 

Grammar school lands p. 35, S. 1 

GRAND ISLE COUNTY, 

Expert supervision, provisions as to, 944 

GRAND JURORS, TOWN, 

Truant law, prosecutions under, 1034 



GRAND JURY, 
Townspndictable , 

schools, neglect to expend money for, . .1103 

United States deposit money, neglect 

as to, 1070 

GUARDIANS, 

Clerk of school directors, refusing infor- 
mation to; penalty, 1001 

Text-books, lost, payment for, 1107 

Truancy law, 1029-1043 



HIGH SCHOOLS. 

Appropriation for, . 



1023 



Courses of study , 

defined, 1016 

requisite for admission to, prepared 

and issued how, ; 923, 924 

superintendent of education to pre- 
pare printing, 923, 1016 

Denned, 1016 

Higher instruction, statement as to; 

where filed; re-imbursement, 1022, 1023 

Qualifications of pupils, 1018-1020 

Superintendent of education to establish 

standard for, 1021 

Towns to maintain or furnish higher in- 
struction; examinations; 1017-1020 

HOLIDAYS, 

Teachers not required to teach on, 1026 

HUNTINGTON FUND, 

Permanent school fund, part of, 1072, 1078 

IDIOTS, 

Instruction of, 1166-1174, 1177. 

(See Deaf, Dumb, Blind, etc., Instruc- 
tion of.) 

INDICTMENTS, 
Against Towns, 

schools, failing to appropriate for, etc. ,.1103 
U. S. deposit money, violation of law as 
to; notice, , . 1070 

INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, 

Instruction in, school directors may 
provide, 1004 

INTOXICATING LIQUOR, 

Instruction concerning intoxicants and 
narcotics, 1003 

JURY, GRAND, 
(See Grand Jury.) 

JUSTICES OF THE PEACES 

Jurisdiction, 

child labor law, 1049 

truancy, 1043 

Warrants for school district tax issued by, 1149 



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INDEX. 



KINDERGARTENS, 

Certificate for, 973 

Established when, 1009 

School age limit not to apply, 1027 

LABOR, 

Child labor, law of, 1044-1050 

LAND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES, 

Appeal to county court; commissioners; 

proceedings; report, 1114, 1115 

Damages, question of, referred by agree- 
ment, 1113 

Eminent domain, taking by; damages, 

how assessed, 1110 

Mortgaged lands, damages how awarded 

and paid, 1116 

Record of condemnation proceedings 

kept, where, 1112 

Removal of buildings, etc., by owner, 

time for, 1111 

Selectmen's duties as to, 1087, 1088 

Title to vest on payment of damages 

finally awarded, 1117 

Grammar school lands,^ p. 35, S. 1 

LEGAL HOLIDAYS, 

Teachers not required to teach on, 1026 

LEGAL SCHOOL, 

Construction of, 1097 

LIBRARIES, 
Commissioners, 

appointment; term; vacancies; chair- 
man, 1193 

compensation; expenses; secretary, 1196 

duties as to established free public 

libraries, 1 194 

duties in establishing free public 

libraries; state aid, 1195, 1200 

report, 1194 

rules for care of libraries, etc., 1 197 

Traveling Libraries, 

appropriation for, 1201 

control of, 1202 

Entitled to certain documents, 1218-1220 

Establishment, 

appropriation by town for, 1 19S 

certification of fulfillment of provisions; 

order, 1200 

trustees, appointment instructions, . . . .1199 

Incorporated, 

articles; original trustees, 1205 

certificate issued; record, 1206 

Incorporated, 

incorporation granted, when, 1204 

powers and duties of; will, deed, etc., 

part of organic law of, 1207 

reports of officers, 1210 

taxation, exempt from, when, 1209 

Trustees, 

articles of incorporation filed by, 1205 

incorporation granted, when, 1204 



LIBRARIES, Continued. 

powers and duties of; vacancies, 1208 

reports of, 1210 

union of two, 1217 

Town and Village Libraries, 

appropriations; bequests, 1212 

entitled to certain documents, 1218-1220 

establishment; maintenance, 1217 

moneys, how paid out, 1216 

trustees; election; term; powers; 

reports, 1213-1215 

Traveling Libraries, 

appropriation for, 1201 

commissioners to control, 1202 

rules as to, 1202 

use of, 1203 

LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR, 

Permanent school fund, one of trustees 
of; duties, 1073-1086 

MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLS, 

Number of weeks required; studies, 1003 

MANUAL TRAINING, 

Directors may provide for, , 1004 

Establishment of courses, p. 23 

Industrial school for a group of towns, .... p, 24 

MEDICAL INSPECTION, p . 23, 

Medical inspectors, appointment of. .p. 26, S. 1 
Physical examination of pupils in public 

schools p. 26, S. 2 

Physical examination of pupils in private 
schools p. 26, S. 3 

MEDICAL SCHOOLS, 

Appropriation for, p. 67, S. 4 

Report by trustees p. 67, S. 5 

MEETINGS. 

(See School Meetings.) 

MEMORIAL DAY, 

School exercises, 1005 

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, 

Appropriation; expenditure, 1178, 1180 

Scholarships in appointments, 1181, 1182 

1184 

MILITARY COLLEGE, 1 185-1 192 

(See Norwich University.) 

MILLS, 

Children, employment in, restricted, 

1044, 1046 

MODERATORS, 

School district meetings, 1119, 1126, 1135 

MONEY, 

School, division of, 1098-1102 

(See also School Money.) 
United States deposit, . . . 1065-1071, 1079-1083 

MONTH, 

School, defined, 1024 



INDEX. 



MORTGAGES, 

School purposes, land taken for when 
subject to mortgages; proceedings, 1116 

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, 

School districts, 978, 1121, 1139-1146 

MUNICIPAL COURTS, 
Jurisdiction, 

child labor law, 1049 

truancy, 1043 

MUSIC, iAA ^ 

Instruction in, directors may provide, 1004 



OATHS, 

School directors to be sworn, 989 



NARCOTICS, 

Instruction concerning, . 



,1003 



NEGLIGENCE, 

School directors', as to text books, 1107 

NORMAL SCHOOLS, 

Admission to; requirements; tuition, 953 

Appropriations, p. 13, S. 3-6 

Certificate from, license to teach. 956-958 

Dormitory Construction of at Johnson, 

p. 13, S. 1 

Expenses, p. 14, S. 9 

Purchase of property at Castleton, .... p. 3 

S. 5-7 

Standard of schools, P- 13, S. 2 

Support, . .pp. 14, 15, S. 8-10 

Commissioners, Board of, 

admission, duties and powers as to, ..... 953 
appointment; term of office; vacancies, 
FF 946, 947 

duties and powers, 949, 951 

meetings; officers of, 948 

practice departments established by; 

maintenance, 951 

reports of, ; 949 

resident commissioners, . . . . 947 

superintendent of education to act 

with, 949,951 

treasurer; duties of; bond, 948, 950 

Continuance; situation, 945 

Graduate of lower course may take 

additional examination, when, 957 

Practice departments, 951 

Tuition free, when, 953 

NORWICH UNIVERSITY, 

Appropriations; expenditure; kept sep- 
arate, 1189,1190 

Board of Visitors, 

appointment; term of office; vacan- 
cies, H91 

duties; compensation, 1192 

report, ' oj- 

Military college; rank of instructors, 1185 

Scholarships, appointments to, 1186-1188 

NOTICE, 

Boundaries of school districts changed, ... 1143 

County examiners, hearings before, 1008 

School district meetings, • ■ • 1119, 1134 

School purposes, selectmen taking land 

for; hearing by commissioners, ... 1110, 1115 
Testing sight and hearing of pupils, 

parents notified, •' 1 164 

Text-books lost or destroyed, H07 

Truancy law, 1032, 1033, 1035, 



OFFENSES, 

(See Crimes and Offenses.) 

ORDERS, 

State, 

(See Auditor of Accounts.) 

Town, 

free public library, appropriation for, . . .1198 
school directors may draw; how paid, 

990, 1062 
school directors to # draw for expense 

of expert supervision, 942 

state school tax, 1093 

OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, 

Clothing child for school attendance; 
penalty for neglect, 1035, 1042 

PARENTS, 

Children to attend school, when; pen- 
alty, 1029, 1030, 1043 

Clerk 'of school directors, -refusing infor- 
mation to; penalty, 1001 

Employment of children contrary to law; 
penalty; jurisdiction; complaint, . 1047-1050 

Neglect to cause child to attend school; 
complaint; jurisdiction,. . . .1037, 1040, 1043 

Text-books lost, responsible for, when, . . .1107 

Unable to clothe child, overseer may, 1035 

PAUPERS, 

School district taxes, abatement of, 1153 

PENALTIES AND FORFEITURES, 
(See also Crimes and Offenses. 
Clerk of board of directors, false state- 
ments or certificates by, 1056 

District clerk neglecting duty, 1129 

District collector, neglecting duty, 1150 

District meetings, neglect to warm, 113b 

False statements as to school money; un- 
lawful distribution, H°2 

Town failing to comply with law as to 
school money, 1069 

PENSIONS, 

Eligibility, P- 2 9 8 ' | \ 

How voted, P -29, g- 4 

Maximum amount, p. zy, o. o 

PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND, 1072-1086 

(See School Money Permanent School 
Fund.) 

PERMITS, 

Date, 976 

Issue of, • •••':; 

Notice by holder to clerk; contract void 

without, •'• ■ : ■ • ■ ■ • 955 

Number of terms taught under, limited, . 97b 



INDEX. 



PHYSICAL CULTURE, 

Instruction in, school directors may 
provide, 1004 

POLICE OFFICERS, 

Truant officers, when, 1028 

PROCESS, SERVICE OF, 

Lands taken for school purposes, appeal 
to county court, 1114 

PUBLIC HEALTH, 

Sight and hearing of pupil, duties of 
state board as to, 1 163, 1 165 

PUBLIC LIBRARIES, 1193-1220 

(See Libraries.) 

PUBLIC MONEY, 

Division of, 1098-1102 

(See School Money.) 

PUPILS, 

Accommodation of; appeals, 1007, 1008 

Advanced instruction, 1016-1023 

Attendance required, when, 1029-1030 

Board For, 

directors may pay, when, 1006 

state aid for; apportionment, 1014, 1015 

Clothing furnished when, 1035 

Conveyance of, 

directors may provide; appeal, . . . 1006-1008 

state aid for; apportionment, 1014, 1015 

Defined, 1027 

Directors to designate school to attend, . . . 990 
Employment of, in mills, etc., restricted. . . 1044 

1046 

Fire drills, 1160 

Legal pupil defined, 1027 

List of children required to attend fur- 
nished teachers, 1031 

Non-Attendance, 

arrest for; notice; complaint, 1037 

1040 

teacher to give notice to truant officer of, 1032 

Non-resident; tuition paid to school fund, . 1011 

1012 

Parent, etc., 

attendance of scholars, duties as to; 

penalty, 1029, 1030, 1034, 1035 

employment of children contrary to 
law; fine; jurisdiction, ...:.. 1037, 1040, 1043 

Sight and Hearing, 

appropriation for testing, 1165 

test cards, etc., to be furnished, 1163 

testing of; reports, 1163, 1164 

Studies required, 1003 

Text-books, etc., liability for loss or de- 
struction of, 1107 

Town superintendent's powers and duties 
under child labor law, 1044, 1045 

Truancy or disobedience; penalty; juris- 
diction, 1041, 1043 

Unorganized places; tuition and transpor- 
tation, 1138 



REAL ESTATE, 

School purposes, taking for, by eminent 
domain,.... 1110-1117 

RECORDS, 

Clerk of board of school directors, 999 

District clerks; copies; penalty, 1129, 1139 

District, to be preserved, 978 

Districts in unorganized places, organiza- 
tion of, 1120 

Warnings of school district meetings, 1133 

REGISTERS, 

Clerk of Board of Directors, 

answers to interrogatories; certificate; 

filing; penalty, 1055, 1056 

examination; certificate, 1054 

furnished teachers, 1053 

procuring; responsibility for 1002 

Contents, ._ ' 1053 

Examination; certificate, 1054 

Form of, by whom prescribed, 1051 

Statistics, town clerk to make up from, 

fees, 1057,1059 

Teachers' duties as to, 1053 

Transmission to town clerks, 1052 

REPORTS. 

Deaf, dumb, blind, etc., commissioner of, .1167 

Library commissioners, 1194 

Normal school commissioners, 949 

Norwich University, board of visitors to, .1192 

Permanent school fund, trustees of, 1085 

Superintendent of education, 920 

Town Officers, 

clerk of school directors, 1000 

library trustees., 1215 

school directors and clerk, 994, 1000 

superintendent of schools; expense, 937 

treasurer, as to school funds, 1064 

Trustees of public money, 1067 

Trustees of incorporated libraries, to 
governor, 1210 

RETURNS, 

Deaf, dumb, blind, etc., 1170, 1171 

School directors, of expenditures, 995 

REVOCATION, 

Teachers' certificates, 977 

RULES, 

Public and traveling libraries, commis- 
sioners to make rules for, 1197, 1202 

SALARIES, 

Deaf, dumb, blind, etc., commissioner of, .1167 
Examiners of teachers for summer schools, 917 
Superintendents of school unions, 940, 941 

SCHOLARSHIPS IN COLLEGES, 

Appointment; vacancies, 1181-1184, 

1186-1188 

SCHOOL DIRECTORS, 

(See Directors, Board of.) 



INDEX. 



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SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 

Clerks, false statements or certificates 
by; penalty, 1056 

Collectors, duties as to taxes; forfeit- 
ure,. .. ■ 1149-1152 

Incorporated, 

boundaries, change of, how affected, 

1142,1143 
clerk to notify town clerk of election; 

penalty, , 1140 

laws applicable to, : • 1139 

officers' powers, duties, etc., same as in 

unorganized places, 1139 

returns by principals, 1058 

returns by prudential committee; for- 
feiture, 110 ° 

school money, division between, and 

town districts, 1098,1099 

town collector may be collector, when,. .1141 

union for expert supervision, . . . . 938 

union with town district; provisions as 

to, 1144-1146 

voters in, not to vote in town meeting 

on school matters, • • 980 

Lands, etc., special committee for pur- 
chase of, .- H57 

Merger of town and incorporated dis- 
trict, 1144-1146 

Prudential Committee, 

assessment and collection of taxes, 1149 

1155 

false statements by; penalty, _ q ■ 1 102 

School houses, location of, 1158, 1159 

Taxation, 

abatement of taxes, H53, 1154 

Assessment, 

execution, to pay, H 55 

generally; warrant; collection; pay- 
ment, 1 149 

prudential committee to assess 

when voted, 1149 

purchase of land, etc., 1156 

collection; forfeiture, 1149, 1150 

deductions from, 1151, 1152 

grand list for, jj47 

raising of tax, H 48 

Unorganized Places, 

Clerks, 

meetings warned by; penalty, 1134, 1136 

records kept by; certified copies; 

penalty, .•••:••, 

collector or treasurer to give bond; va- 
cancy on failure, jj^ 

commissioners' authority, llj*° 

corporate powers,. . . . ■ • ■ • • ■ • • • ■ } J ^ 

laws of town district apply how tar, .112/, 1128 
meetings; warnings for; record; voters; 

npnaltv 1132-1136 

penauy, • ■ •■•••••.. 119fi 

moderator to preside at meetings, 1120 

Officers, 

books, etc., delivered to successor; 
penalty, H 31 



SCHOOL DISTRICTS, Continued. 

duties, etc., generally, 1128 

election; terms, 1122, 1123 

vacancies, how filled, 1123, 1130 

organization; meetings; record, 1118-1120 

prudential committee, election; number; 
term; vacancies, 1123-1125 

Unorganized Places, 

public money; entitled to, when,_ 1137 

returns to superintendent; failure to 

make, - 1100 

tuition and transportation, tax assessed 

for, when, 1138 

voters, eligibility of; how determined, . .1135 

SCHOOL HOUSES AND PROPERTY, 

Care of, vested in whom, 982, 990 

Directors' duties as to, 990, 993 

District may elect committee to buy, etc., 1 157 
Location of school house determined 

how, 1158,1159 

Money for purchase, raised by town, 984 

Taking lands for school purposes, ... 1 1 10-1 117 

Tax raised to buy, hire, etc., 1156 

Town superintendent's duties as to, 935 

Town to provide and maintain; con- 
struction, 983 

SCHOOL MEETINGS, 

Incorporated School Districts, 

change of boundaries, meetings to vote 

on, ... 1 143 

merger with town district, meetings 

tovoteon, H44, 1 145 

what laws apply, ■■.••••••■■ -J} 3 * 

Taxes, provisions as to raismg,1148, 1151, 1-150 

Town Districts, 

annual meetings, special provision as 

to 981 

appropriations made by, ■ 1061 

change of boundaries of incorporated 

districts, meetings to vote on, 1143 

Directors. 

appropriations recommended, 992 

compensation fixed, , • 999 

elected by separate ballot, when, 985 

election; number; term, J87 

report, • • • • • ■ •. ■ ■ • y 94 

merger with incorporated districts, 
meetings to vote on, 1145 

Town superintendent's report, 937 

Unorganized Towns and Gores, 

annual meetings, }}??"iio« 

meetings for organization, lllS-ii-o 

record, Won 

what laws apply, • • • • • • ■ ■ ■ ■ \\ % ( 

Voters, provisions as to, . . .980, 986, 1127, 1135 

(See Voters.) 

SCHOOL MONEY. 

Appropriation required of town, ; 1061 

Division of, between town and incorporated 
district,.: 1098,1099 



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INDEX. 



SCHOOL MONEY, Continued. 

Expert supervision, expense of, 941 

False distribution of, to incorporated 

district; penalty, 1102 

False statements as to; penalty, 1102 

Grand juries to inquire as to expenditure, 1103 
Huntington fund, provisions as to, . . 1072, 1078 

Legal school defined, 1097 

Paid out on orders of directors, 1062 

Permanent School Fund, 

audit of; certificate, 1086 

committee on finance; election; duties, .1074 

1075 

composition of, 1072 

distribution among towns and districts, 1084 
gifts, bequests, etc., trustees may re- 
ceive, 1073 

income only to be used, 1084 

investments; examination of securities. 1073 

1075, 1086 
liability of trustees to U. S. for deposit 

money, 1083 

organization and meetings of trustees, . . 1074 

report as to, 10S5 

secretary; election; duties, 1074, 1077 

town treasurer to credit income, 1063 

town treasurer to peport annually as to 

income, 1064 

trustees of, who are; duties, etc., . . 1073-1086 

trustees paid expenses only, 1076 

U. S. deposit money, provisions as to,. .1079 

1083 

vacancies in board or officers, 1077 

Selectmen to file statement, 1101 

State School Tax, 

apportionment of, 1092 

assessment; rate, 1091 

distribution of; board for, 1095, 1096 

grand juries to inquire as to expenditure 1103 

legal school defined, 1097 

payment of, 1093 

statement of number of schools to be 

filed; forfeiture, 1094 

town superintendent to inquire as to 

expenditure, 1104 

Statement of expenditures, 995 

Town School Fund, 

real estate, lease and sale of; deed, 

acknowledgement of, 1088, 1089 

securities and moneys belonging to, 
paid town treasurer; separate ac- 
count, 1090 

selectmen, duties as to, 1087, 1088 

Town superintendent, duties as to, 1 104 

Town treasurers to report annually as to, 1064 

Trustees of Public Money, 

bond of; failure to execute; vacancy, . . . 1066 

duties; report, 1067 

U. S. deposit monev, collection and pay- 
ment to state; failure, 1080-1082 

United States Deposit Money, 

failure of town to comply with law; 

penalty, 1069 

grand jury to inquire as to; indictment, .1070 



SCHOOL MONEY, Continued. 

permanent school fund, part of, 1072 

1079-1083 
(See sub-head Permanent School 
Fund.) 

received by state treasurer; certificate 
of deposit, 1065 

settlement with towns by state treas- 
urer, how made, 1071 

towns liable to return to treasurer, 
when, 1068 

trustees of public money to manage; 
report, 1067 

SECRETARY OF STATE, 

Certificate of incorporation of library, .... 1206 

Secret Societies, p. 24 

No debarment from joining certain so- . 

cieties 

Penalty, 

Pupils debarred, 

School officials to enforce law, 

SECURITIES, 

Permanent school fund, 1073, 1075, 1086 

Town school fund, 10S7-1090 

SELECTMEN, 

Bonds of trustees of public funds ap- 
proved by, 1066 

Deaf, Dumb, Blind, etc., 

certificate as to, 1176 

indemnity bond executed by; duties, . . . 1173 

1174 
Directors, vacancy in board of, filled by; 

record, 988 

Incorporated school district boundaries, 

change of, duties, 1143 

Land for School Purposes, 

assessment of damages for, 11 10 

record of proceedings kept where, 1112 

removal of buildings on, 1111 

Libraries, 

agent for, appointed by, when, 1216 

establishment of; orders drawn an- 
nually, 1198 

Presiding officers at meetings of school 
district, when, 979 

School districts in unorganized places, 

duties as to; record; compensation, 1118 

1120 

School houses, location determined by, 
when, 1159 

School Money, 

division between town and incorpor- 
ated district, 1098 

false distribution of; penalty, 1 102 

statement as to, filed by, 1 101 

School property, duties as to, 982 

School tax, assessment of, 1061 

State school tax, order drawn by, 1093 

Taxes for school purposes assessed by, . . 1061 

Text-books, recovery for loss of, 1 107 

Town school funds, duties as to, . . 1087, 1088 
Trustees of public money, bond fixed by, 1066 



INDEX. 



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SENATE 

Norwich University, appointment of 
visitors to, confirmed, iiyi 

SENATORS, STATE, 

Scholarships in ^eges^e^to,^ 



SHERIFFS, 

Truant officers, duties as, . 



1028 



SIGHT AND HEARING OF PUPILS, 
Testing, 



1163-1165 



STATE LIBRARY, 

uments < 
librarian, 



Documents delivered to libraries by^^ 



STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION, 

Appropriation for; expenditure; orders, . 



919 



STATE TREASURER, 

Higher instruction, re-imbursement of i093 
towns for, 

Permanent School Fund, 

accounts audited; certificate, 1086 

trustee of; duties, • • • 1073-1086 

Pupils, transportation, _ etc., ot, duties 
as to dividing appropriation tor, iui4 

Salary of superintendent of union ap- 
portioned and paid by, when, .m 

State School Tax, 

SSSt;fcdfor,;.:.::::io95; 1 o96 

United States Deposit Money, 

received by; certificate of deposit, 1065 

return of, by towns, - f "°° 

settlement with towns, how made, 1U/1 

STATE'S ATTORNEYS, 

Truancy law, violations of, prosecuted 

by, 

STATISTICS, 

Deaf, dumb, blind, idiotic, etc., 1170, 1171 

Town clerk to return; fees, 105/, 1UOJ 

STUDIES, 

Courses of; distribution; printing, 923 igjJ 

Evening schools, g 

High Schools, „„„ 

Required in schools, ■■j'i'" !nni 

Special, school directors may provide for, . 1004 



SUMMER SCHOOLS, 
Held when; expense, 



917 



SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, Con. 
Clerks of school directors to report to, 

on request, V." " V 

Course of study for elementary schools 

prepared and distributed by, . . . ... .923, 924 

Duties, generally, • • • -P- 1», »• L > y14 

Educational meetings held by, when 

and where; expense; how paid, yj» 

Election; vacancy, yi4 

Examination of teachers, 

certificates revoked, when, 977 

certificates to teach issued on ap- 

proval of, when, 963, 969, 970 

duties as to, yoU 

examination papers subject to inspec- 

tion of, 7- 1 

questions prepared by; expense, .... .p. lb- 
special certificates, superintendent to 

approve, 969,970 

standard of, fixed by, • • ■ P- *° 

unlimited certificates issued, when, y / 1 

Examiners of Teachers, 
Expert supervision, apportionment of 
expense approved by, y4i 

High Schools, 

courses of study in, prescribed by; 

printing, •••• 924, 101b 

higher instruction, blanks as to 
furnished by; statements filed, . ... . . . 1U2^ 

standard estabhshed by; quahfica- 
tions of pupils, iUZ1 

Normal Schools, 

duties and powers as to, 949, 9ol 

graduate of school in another state 
may receive certificte, when, •••••• ■ ■ yoS 

practice departments estabhshed, 
how; maintenance, .» • • ■ • • ■ • ■ • y51 

Norwich University, member of board 

of visitors; duties, 1191. 1192 

Office in state house .•...-.,.. yi* 

Permanent school fund, one of trustees 
d u ti es 1073-lOSb 

Registers', form of; to furnish to f°™ 

Re cl ^ s ' :'.'.'.:'.:'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.:....'. 920 

Sight 1 " and ' hearing 'of pupils, duties^- to^ 

State School Tax, 

member of board to distribute ••■•••■• 1° 9 ° 
statements of number of schools for- 
warded by; blanks,_ ■ . ■ •••••• -1994 

State teachers' association, publication ot 
addresses and papers; appropriation, . 



SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, 

Advanced instruction, returns as to, sent 
state treasurer, .■•.;••• V u " ' ' ' V 

Circulars issued and distributed by; ex- 
pense hmited, 



919 



Statistics, 

blanks for, furnished by; receipt, 1057 

incorporated schools to furnish, when 1058 

Summer schools for teachers, may hold, 
when; length; expense, 



917 



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INDEX. 



SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, Con. 

Text-books, receiving pay for recom- 
mending; penalty, 1 109 

Transportation, etc., of pupils, duties as 
to appropriation for, 1014, 1015 

Vacancy, 914 

SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOL UNIONS, 

Appropriation for, 941 

Definitions, 938 

Directors, 

chairman and secretary, election and 

duties of, 940, 941 

convention; organization; powers, 940 

dissolving union, 940 

meetings, 939 

number; joint committee, 939 

orders drawn by, 942 

superintendent removed by, when, 943 

union formed by vote of, 938 

Grand Isle County, special provisions as 

to, 944 

Superintendent, 

election; salary ; apportionment, .... 940, 941 

removal; qualifications; report; duties,. 943 

time spent in teaching, deduction for, . . 941 

Superintendent of education, duties of, . . . 941 

Towns forming union to have no other 

superintendent, 940 

SUPERINTENDENTS, TOWN, 

Appointment; compensation; women 

may be, when, 931, 986 

Child labor law, duties under, 1044, 1045 

Duties generally, 934, 935 

Examination of pupil demanding ad- 
vanced instruction, 1018-1020 

Permits to teach; duties; issue and re- 
issue, 974-977 

Removal; vacancy, 932 

Report, annual; contents; compensation,. 937 
School houses, grounds, etc., duties as to, . 935 
School money, inquiries as to expenditure 

of, 1104 

Sight and hearing of pupils, duties as to 

testing, 1164 

Teachers dismissed by, when and how; 

compensation, 936 

Term of office,. 933 

Text-books, selection by; taking pay for 

recommending prohibited, 1108-1109 

Text-books, supplies, etc., duties as to, . . . 935 
Visiting schools, duties as to; recommen- 
dations, 934, 935 

SUPREME COURT, 

Libraries, vacancies in trustees of filled 
by chief judge, 1208 

TAXATION, 

Abatement of school district taxes, .1153, 1154 

Assessment of taxes, 

School District Tax, 

execution, to pay, 1155 

lands, etc., to purchase, 1156 



TAXATION, Continued. 

prudential committee to assess when 

voted, 1149 

town, assessed by selectmen, 1061 

State School Tax, 

apportioned by state treasurer on grand 

list, 1092 

assessed annually; rate, 1091 

Collectors of taxes, 

discount allowed by, when; notice, 1151 

* 1152 

school district collectors; duties; 

powers; forfeiture, 1128, 1139, 1149 

1152 
Exemption of property of free public 
library, 1209 

Grand List, 

how made up ; 1060 

school district taxes, list for, 1 147 

state school tax apportioned on, 1092 

town district, how made, 1060 

School district taxes, 1147-1156 

(See School Districts : Taxation.) 

School houses, money for purchase, how 
raised, 984 

State School Tax, 

apportionment of, 1092 

assessment; rate, 1091 

distribution of; board for, 1095, 1096 

legal school defined, 1097 

payment of, 1093 

statement of number of schools to be 
filed; forfeiture, 1094 

Town treasurer to keep money raised 
separate, 1062 

Unorganized Places, 

state school tax, 1092, 1093 

tuition and transportation, tax as- 
sessed for when, 1 138 

Warrants for school district taxes, 1149 

TEACHERS, 

Age limit for teaching, 954 

Compensation; directors to employ,. .990, 1025 

1026 

Contracts void, when, 954, 955 

Dismissal ; compensation. 936, 943 

Examinations, 

conduct of, 959 

superintendent of union may act as 
examiner, when, 943 

time and place of, 959 

Fire drills, duties as to; fine, 1160, 1161 

Legal holidays, not required to teach on, . . 1026 
Non-attendance of pupil, notice to truant 

officer, 1032 

Normal school graduates may teach, 

how long, 956-958 

Normal Schools, 

appointment, 949 

graduates of schools in another state 
may teach, when, 958 



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TEACHERS, Continued. . 

Notification to clerk of board of directors 

as to certificate, .•-.••• ^55 

Permits to teach issued, when; limita- 
tion; revocation, 974-977 

Registers, 

certificates of proper filling out of, 1054 

duties as to, 1053 

Sight and hearing of pupils, duties as 
to testing, 1164 

Summer school for, when; length; ex- 
pense, • : ■ • 917 

Superintendent of union may dismiss, 
when, 943 

Textbooks, receiving pny for recom- 
mending; penalty, 1109 

Time spent at institutes, etc., not de- 
ducted, 1025 

Town superintendent may dismiss 

when and how; compensation, 936 

Vocal music, etc., provision for, 1004 

TEACHERS' INSTITUTES, 

Attendance at, 1025 

TEACHER TRAINING COURSES, pp. 14, 15. 

Appropriation, p. 15, S. 4 

Certificate, p. 15, S. 4 

Establishment, p. 14, S.-l 

Graduates admitted, p. 15, S. 2 

TEXT-BOOKS, 

Directors to furnish; rules, 1105, 1106 

Lost etc., payment for, 1 107 

Schools, furnishing to, 1105-1109 

Selection of; taking pay for recom- 
mending prohibited, 1108, 1109 

Town superintendent to ascertain if 
supplied, 935 

TOWN AUDITORS, 

School directors' accounts, audit of, 996 

School houses and lands, debts for au- 
dited by, 982 

TOWN CLERKS, 

Certificate to secure state aid for trans- 
porting pupils, 1015 

Fees for school returns, 1059 

Higher instruction, statement filed 

where, 1022 

Number of schools certified to super- 
intendent, 1094 

RECORDS, 

Appointments, 

school directors, vacancy filled, 988 

superintendent of schools, 931 

truant officers, 1028 

incorporated school districts, change 

of boundaries, • • • 1143 

land for school purposes; proceedings 

as to taking, 1112 

School registers furnished to and by; 

receipt, 1002, 1052 

School statistics returned by; fees, . . 1057, 1059 
Town- system of schools, to warm meet- 
ings, when; to preside, 979 



TOWN HIGH SCHOOLS, 1016-1023 

(See High Schools.) 

TOWN LIBRARIES, 1211-1220 

(See Libraries.) 

TOWNS, 

Deaf, dumb, blind, etc., to defray cer- 
tain expenses for, 1174 

Officers, 

vacancies; filled how, .932 1066 

women eligible to what offices,. 931, 986 

Prosecutions Against, 

school, failing to appropriate money 

for, H03 

U. S. deposit money, violating law as 
to... 1070 

Reports, 

directors, 994 

superintendents, • • 937 

U. S. deposit money collected and paid 
to state; failure, 1080-1082 

TOWN SYSTEM, 

Clerk, vacancy in office of, meeting 

warned how, 979 

Districts abolished, except; records pre- 
served 978 

Established, 978 

Grand list of, how made up, 1060 

Meetings in town having incorporated 

districts, when; proceedings, 981 

School houses, etc., construction, care, 

etc., of; cost, how paid, 982, 983 

Tax for land and buildings, 984 

Town clerk may warn meetings, when; 

to preside, 979 

Voters in incorporated districts debarred 
from voting on school matters, 980 

TOWN TREASURERS, 

Fees of town clerk as to school returns, 
paid how, 1059 

School Funds, 

credit given for receipts from perma- 
nent fund, 1063 

expert supervision, state money for, 

credited school fund, 941 

kept separate; paid out how, 1062, 1090 

report as to, 1064 

town fund, separate account of, 1090 

what credited to, 1098, 1099 

State school tax, duties as to payment of, . 1093 

TRANSPORTATION, 

Pupils, conveyance of; state aid, .... 1006-1008 
F ' 1014,1015 

TRUANT OFFICERS, 

Appointment; failure, who to act, 1028 

Arrest of child for not attending school; 

when; notice; complaint, 1037, 1040 

Children not attending, duties as to, 1033 

Compensation, 1039 



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TRUANT OFFICERS, Continued, 

Complaints against persons allowing 
children to work in mills, etc., con- 
trary to law, 1049-1050 

Neglect of duty; penalty, 1042 

Non-attendance because of want of 

clothing, duties, 1035 

Non-resident pupils subject to truancy 

laws, 1038 

Unorganized places, 1 138 

Violation of law as to attendance, duties, . 1034 

TRUSTEES, 

Incorporated libraries, 

(See Libraries : Incorporated; Trustees.) 

Permanent school fund, 1072-1086 

(See School Money: Permanent School Fund. 

Public money, 1060, 1067, 1080-1082 

(See School Money : Trustees of Pub- 
lic Money.) 
Town and village libraries, 1213-1215 

TRUSTS, 

Libraries, benefit of; corporation; pro- 
ceedings, 1204-1210 

UNION OF INCORPORATED AND TOWN 
DISTRICTS, 

Incorporated district may become part 
of town district, how, 1144 

Settlement of business affairs; records; 
existence to cease, except, . 1146 

Town district may become part of in- 
corporated district, how, 1145 

UNION OF SCHOOLS, 

Expert supervision, provisions as to, 938 

(See Superintendents of School Unions.) 

UNITED STATES DEPOSIT MONEY, 

General provisions, 1065-1071 

Permanent school fund, part of 1072, 1079 

1083 
(See School Money.) 

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE 
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, 

Appropriation : expenditure, 1178, 1179 

Scholarships, appointments to, 1181-1184 

UNORGANIZED TOWNS AND GORES, 

School districts in, 11 18-1 138 

(See School Districts : Unorganized Places.) 
State school tax, duties of commissioner 

as to, 1093 

Taking land in, for school purposes, . 1 1 10-1 117 



VACANCIES. 

Library commissioners, 1193 

Library trustees, 1208 

Normal school commissioners, 946 

Scholarships, appointment by senators, . .1184, 

1188 

School directors, 988 

School district officers, 1123, 1130 

Superintendent of education, 914 

Town officers, 932, 1066 

Town superintendent of schools, 932 

Trustees of permanent school fund, 1077 

VERMONT INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, 

Commitment of truants or disobedient 
scholars, 1041 

VILLAGES, 

Libraries, 1211-1217 

(See Libraries.) 

VOTERS, 

Disqualified to vote in town meetings, 
when, 980 

Incorporated school districts, 1139 

Unorganized towns and gores; eligibility 
decided how, 1127, 1135 

Women may vote on school matters, 
when, 986 

WARNINGS, 

School district meetings; penalty, . . .1132-1134 

1136 

WARRANTS, 

School district tax, 1149 

WEEK, 

School, defined, 1024 

WOMEN, 

Eligible to Office, 

school offices, generally, 986 

town superintendent of schools, 986 

Right to vote, 986 

WORKSHOPS, 

Children, employment in, restricted, 1044, 1046 

YEAR, 

School, defined, 1024 



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